Instead of dealing directly with a dysfunctional technological reality that is rendering our world uninhabitable. That's an ugly prospect. Not because of what it says about the weather, though it's not good news. Mostly because of what it says about us. Because it means we have no intellectual integrity and we're living an evil lie.
People have tremendous powers of denial.
We're living in denial right now, in 1999. As a society. As a civilization. And never mind the consequences. I'm a futurist by trade, and I'm gonna tell you how that 2005 situation feels.