What do you, personally, think you will remember most about this interview a year from now?
Personally, I think that I will remember how Professor Kammen describes the necessary processes that go into slowing the damage of climate change. From the idea of the 'performance contractor' to his interpretation of several countries already having strong foundations for positive climate impact, Kammen's insights feel valuable from the start to the finish.
One day, the process of changing from the idea of a 'silver bullet' to 'silver buckshot' will pay off, and I am optimistic about predictions and forecasts about the advancement of technology and the improvement of institutions and behaviors over time that are beneficial for the planet. But nothing alone can be the magic cure for the planet's current changes.
How do you think any aspect of the interview will affect your own future, or society's future?
One of the aspects of the interview that will affect society's future the most is his description of social media mining and familiarity with technology. Because so many people have a reliance, or over-reliance, even, on social media and modern tech, this plays a huge role in the way that people behave. Reading into these behaviors could have a huge impact on the ability to change people's perspectives on climate change, or research, or something else that is relevant, as he notes in the video. The amount of data that is out there only keeps growing, and this could have implications on other parts of the future as well beyond climate change.
I think that the idea of using social media to impact views on climate change is important. In order to make necessary progress on climate change, we will need to change peoples' views on it and illustrate the importance of this problem. This could be done partially through effective campaigns in social media to inform more people about the real threats of climate change. We could inform people of the problems we're facing and the potential solutions to addressing them. This social media campaign can be targeted to those who currently do not support climate change policies, making them more efficient campaigns. Without public support for the changes needed to mitigate climate change, we may eventually suffer many consequences of global warming.
Hi Darwin,
I also took note of his description of social media mining and its impact on climate change and the future. I think it will be really crucial on how social media displays climate change as it does have a big impact on the ability to change people's perspectives. Therefore, I think it will be very interesting to see if social media calls for more action or not from people.