Most discussions on climate change ignore these 10 basic facts about human nature
Most discussions on climate change ignore these 10 basic facts about human nature
- June 14, 2015
- David Meyer, sociology professor, is quoted by Vox June 14, 2015
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From Vox:
7) We are motivated more by hope than fear, at least in matters of social change….
"This rhetoric about we only have a certain amount of time is a killer. It doesn’t
make people engaged, it makes them give up," says David Meyer, professor of sociology
at UC Irvine and author of The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America.
For the full story, please visit http://www.vox.com/2015/6/14/8767823/psychology-global-warming.
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