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Interview done last week with Dr. Eliot Jacobson, a mathematician and self-described doomer who looks at climate models and also talks about why hope is not a good thing, among other topics.

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Quay-Z@reddit

I became increasingly frustrated with the journalist, but otherwise Dr. Eliot seems to be right on the ball; thanks for posting!
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ontrack@reddit (OP)

This one-hour interview is with Eliot Jacobson, whois a mathematician who devotes time to looking for meaning in mathematical models related to climate and climate change. He discusses a number of climate-related collapse topics, including the chart he recently published showing the ocean temperature's current extreme variation from the mean, what his definition of a doomer is and why he describes himself as a doomer, and why having hope about the future is actually a negative for humanity. Along with that he discusses the limitations of academia, journalism, social media, and "green" industry. He ends with a description of his basic life philosophy that motivates him as well as his thoughts about the collapse of industrial civilization. The interview is pretty much red meat for doomers. He has a twitter account in which he posts his thoughts as well. https://twitter.com/EliotJacobson
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SIGPrime@reddit

Thanks for posting the actual source of the image, I was passively wondering it’s origin. And thanks for the link.
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antihostile@reddit

He recently wrote this article which was featured on r/collapse: https://climatecasino.net/2023/06/wtf-is-happening-an-overview/ "As we enter Northern hemisphere summer, large regions of the planet will experience all-time record heatwaves, fires, storms and flooding. These events will set records in intensity, duration and frequency. The planet’s overall temperature will spike to new highs for the modern era, with 1.5°C in sight for 2024. Antarctic polar sea-ice will continue its retreat from “normal”, exposing more open ocean to incoming solar radiation and heating, especially as the sun returns later this year. Crops will fail. Infrastructure will break beyond repair. Climate migration will spike. Meanwhile, carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources continues to spew at a near-record rate, while the Paris limit of 1.5°C requires these emissions be reduced about 7% per year for the next decade. And this is all happening in the midst of the current political and social chaos, while the world attempts to recover from a pandemic that is still ongoing but mostly ignored by global media. These next two years are a preamble to what it will mean for the world to pass the Paris 1.5°C barrier. The end of global industrial civilization is where we are headed right now, not at some future dystopian moment. I wish I had a hopeful word to end with. But I don’t."
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gotsmallpox@reddit

Sandy on environmentalcoffeehouse interviewed him a few months back, check it out
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fancythatfire@reddit

While I am obviously aware of hopium and such, I did not know about the alternative interpretations of the Pandora's box myth. The idea of hope being the last evil in the box is actually pretty awesome.
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Cyberpunkcatnip@reddit

I LoL’d at his comment about PH.D mathematics just talking a bunch of nonsense and providing nothing of value that has applications
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/ontrack: --- This one-hour interview is with Dr. Eliot Jacobson, a mathematician who devotes time to looking for meaning in mathematical models related to climate and climate change. He discusses a number of climate-related collapse topics, including the chart he recently published showing the ocean temperature's current extreme variation from the mean, what his definition of a doomer is and why he describes himself as a doomer, and why having hope about the future is actually a negative for humanity. Along with that he discusses the limitations of academia, journalism, social media, and "green" industry. He ends with a description of his basic life philosophy that motivates him as well as his thoughts about the collapse of industrial civilization. The interview is pretty much red meat for doomers. He has a twitter account in which he posts his thoughts as well. https://twitter.com/EliotJacobson --- Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/14dtd4x/interview_done_last_week_with_dr_eliot_jacobson_a/jorhjqo/
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