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How to balance immediate needs with long-term planetary concerns

Every documentary I watch about climate change shows timelines of decades and centuries but my mortgage is due next month and I can't figure out how to think about both at once.

Laozi
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mismatch between personal temporal scales and civilizational challenges creates paralysis about appropriate action.

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