Population Is Popping: Why We Cover Our Ears and Eyes

[Gregorian]

8. There are different kinds of intelligence.

Very few people are intelligent in the sense I mention. You are. A college degree means zero in terms of what we're talking about. I'm very discouraged to hear that you are seeing babies everywhere. I see none on the west coast. But then it's kind of an older person's area where I live.

I'm painfully aware of the way inequality is working. You're totally correct in that the poor are the ones hit disproportionally. I am criticized all of the time for not traveling. I won't do it for many reasons. I'd love to spend time in a fun place. But I am doing what I wish everyone would do. Someone has to. If we all forfeited some of the major carbon footprint items the world might last a few moments longer than it is going to last.

But you know all of that. It just helps to communicate with someone who has a good sense of reality.