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Location: Western Europe.

Obviously not a fun time right now with the heatwave and I will not comment on that because others have already. What I did find interesting, however, is the fact that 2 different people from my social circle who do not know each other said the exact same thing almost word for word less than 24 hours apart. When discussing the struggle a lot of people are going through right now with the heat, I mentioned that it will get more severe and more unpredictable in the near future. They both agreed that climate change is at play and that this should not be happening and will have systemic ramifications. However, both then tried to convince me that as it gets worse, new technologies will be developed to mitigate the effects and that 'people will come together to solve this when it gets worse'. I then mentioned that some consequences are already irreversible and even though the majority of us (us being younger people) are aware that climate change is happening, no one is working on any 'new technologies' that should become our saving grace. To my astonishment, both people then told me not to worry too much about it because humanity has a way of adapting to and overcoming adversity.

I consider both people I spoke with intelligent and they are both successul in STEM-related fields with one being a software dev and the other working in finance/trading. I also know my father holds this exact same view but hearing this from two different people almost exactly word for word reinforces to me how blissfully unaware everyone is, even as they lay in bed at night drenched in their own sweat, unable to fall asleep. I am willing to bet if (let's be honest, more likely a when than an if) we get another heatwave in the summer they will make those exact same arguments if I bring the topic up again.