Climate Change, Control, and the Question of Trust

Climate Change, Control, and the Question of Trust For as long as humans have walked the Earth, we have adapted to the forces of nature. Our species has survived ice ages, scorching droughts, violent storms, and even near-extinction events. We’ve done so not because we controlled nature, but because we learned to live with it — to adjust, to innovate, and to endure. Our greatest strengths have always been our intelligence and our adaptability. So when we’re told today that climate change represents an existential crisis, one that can only be solved through radical restructuring of our lives, our freedoms,...