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Al Gore Is Still Sounding the Alarm About Climate Change
(www.nytimes.com)
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
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The book addressed that area of thought much more in detail, but for starters the problem was more directly observable and promised near total extinction within a single lifetime.
Secondly, humanity didn't come together in a kumbaya moment, many had to be forced to comply. The woman in charge of Hail Mary project was a monster who nuked antarctica and was sent to prison when it was all over.
I still consider it far fetched but more to your point, solving the problem did not threaten the infinite growth model.
Do we know she was sent to prison? I know she said she would be.
I could be imagining, but in the movie they actually left a hint implying she did which I thought was neat.
I don't remember that latter half in the book? Maybe I should read it again