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Look Out! The Sky is Falling
How to deal effectively with naysayers and doomsayers
Look out! The sky is falling… Oh wait, no it isn’t… Yes, it is or it will someday… But not today… Nor ever.
Does this feel like anything you’re listening to right now?
Let’s pick any topic: economy, aging, pandemics, climate change. But, just for giggles, let’s pick the latter.
What kind of headlines have I seen about climate change during my own lifetime? Oh, let me count the ways…
Or better yet, maybe…
50 ways to leave your lover?
1. 1967: Dire Famine Forecast By 1975
2. 1969: Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989
3. 1970: Ice Age By 2000
4. 1970: America Subject to Water Rationing By 1974 and Food Rationing By 1980
5. 1971: New Ice Age Coming By 2020 or 2030
6. 1972: New Ice Age By 2070
7. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast
8. 1974: Another Ice Age?
9. 1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life
