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We fucked up royally. And to some extent, we deserve it. But things will turn around. I know because we see so many entrepreneurs and ideas around us fighting to fix the climate crisis. Those ideas will work. Those moonshots will work. There's something that annoys me though... In 20-30 years, there'll be people who look back on climate change and say "it wasn't AS bad as everyone said it would be". It reminds of Y2K. The “world was about to end” because of software bugs that would turn the year from “99” to “00” (a simplified explanation) and a lot of our software systems were going to break. The majority of people didn’t take it seriously. When the catastrophe didn’t happen as advertised, skeptics thought they were proven right. In reality, Y2K didn't happen as expected engineers - like us at SAP! - worked hard to make sure it didn’t.
year 2000 analogy! brilliant!!!
Needed words, Maex. Let’s keep working on that sense without waiting for people’s acceptance
Founder & CEO, Regenerative Intelligence (RegenIntel) • Co-Creator, Co-Author, & "The OG" of Drawdown • TED Speaker • Podcast Host • Named Global Green Warrior
3moClimate Change is already happening. It is already bad. Tens of millions of people - mainly not from the rich, privileged parts of the global north, and mainly not wealthy Fintech entrepreneurs - are impacted today. And these millions of people, and millions more, will experience terrible impacts in years to come, no matter how many "innovative" startups pop up. Can we solve it? Sure. I kinda wrote the book on how to. But make no mistake, no one but the most blind among us will look back and say "Dude, can you believe they made such a big deal about that climate change shit?" Thanks for your work at SAP to avoid the economic turmoil that could have happened in 2000. And, while I don't know you yet, I trust your commitment to solving the climate crisis will help us move forward faster to avoiding the worst case scenarios. But let's not minimize the reality that is already here.