This is a segment of my debate/discussion with Alexander Miller was recorded for J.G. Michael's podcast Parallax Views. Listen to the full episode "Are We Doomed?: A Climate Change Debate/Discussion w/ Patrick Farnsworth and Alexander Miller": https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/doomdebate

Something I wrote after recording this episode:

"People can argue endlessly over what the data of climate change points to, whether or not it's really all that bad or not, etcetera... I'm tired of these debates, as they often reveal something I'm repeatedly horrified by, which are the implicit justifications many people employ to excuse the violation of the living planet, our living planet, in addressing the compounding crises we are in the midst of currently. As it turns out, the looming specter of mass extinction isn't enough to change many people's minds, as our severance from other life on this planet is so deep and severe that there is no way to convince a person through "logic" or data-driven reasoning WHY we must shut this shit down for good, and not pursue more techo-fixes that further perpetuate this life-destroying leviathan into the future. Logic, data -- this is a tool, a weapon, and it can be used just as effectively by the savvy green capitalist as by the crunchy deep ecologist. If you can't feel the pain of the deep violations of the living planet, no well crafted argument is going to convince you to care."