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Why is the "...world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis?" This is no simple question and the answer is complicated. One part of the answer for me comes from a book I read years ago entitled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman</a>. If you haven't yet read this book, you might want to consider it.

Excerpts from this newly published <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/top-scientists-warn-of-ghastly-future-of-mass-extinction-and-climate-disruption-aoe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>: “Environmental deterioration is infinitely more threatening to civilisation than Trumpism or Covid-19...” and "Dealing with the enormity of the problem requires far-reaching changes to global capitalism, education and equality..."