This resonates with me a lot—thanks, Jack. I particularly appreciate the idea that we could not only “stop climate change” but even improve the climate.
A while ago I articulated what I call the Principle of Control: “Anything that matters to human life should be under our control.” (thread)
The climate matters to us; therefore, the climate should be under our control. In the future, we should be able to control the outdoor climate just as easily as, today, we control the indoor climate. We should have a thermostat for the Earth and set the temperature to whatever we want. We should be able to control the composition of the atmosphere with the same precision that, today, we control the composition of metal alloys in a foundry.
This resonates with me a lot—thanks, Jack. I particularly appreciate the idea that we could not only “stop climate change” but even improve the climate.
A while ago I articulated what I call the Principle of Control: “Anything that matters to human life should be under our control.” (thread)
The climate matters to us; therefore, the climate should be under our control. In the future, we should be able to control the outdoor climate just as easily as, today, we control the indoor climate. We should have a thermostat for the Earth and set the temperature to whatever we want. We should be able to control the composition of the atmosphere with the same precision that, today, we control the composition of metal alloys in a foundry.