The Cassandra Effect

I learned many things from this episode about how people take warning signs, and why we heed some warnings, and discard others. For instance, I learned that if you’re trying to convince someone of the “true view” of something, and they’re already in disagreement with you, you can’t just come out and say “you’re wrong” even if they are. Insead, if you’re trying to convince those in power that action must be taken, there are a few things that could help. One thing, is that it helps to be on the inside, to already know the person. It also helps to come up with a personal connection, meaning, if the person you are trying to convince can make a personal connection with the problem that you’re trying to solve, then you may have an easier time trying to convince them, keeping in mind that it also helps if you’re not asking anyone to make any major changes. If I had chance to visit the Alaskan tunnel spoken of in the podcast, then maybe I would have ideas on how to keep the carbon that’s in there out of the atmosphere, because right now, I have no clue. My challenge to you, is to come up with an idea of what could be done to keep the carbon from the Alaskan tunnel out of the atmosphere, and comment back.