Is there any reason to be optimistic about it, or are we all doomed? As far as I’ve looked it up, the more optimistic projections predict a 1-2° global temperature rise in the next few decades, which is pretty bad.

Is it a smart decision to start moving to higher/colder regions yet? What can we do?

And is there a good resource or video essay or whatever for this? There is so much misinformation and fearmongering around climate change. It’s a hassle to weed out any trustable information.

  • AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Mostly it boils down to taking it slow and, depending on the medium, learning how to tell key signs.

    Easiest is keeping to trusted scientific journals and news sources. Longer form media requires more study to determine genuine vs AI authorship and of course bias.

    Short form media is often harder, but having a good idea about major regional goals, like certain countries for example that may be using botting to create movement towards a certain topic or belief, can help you to see potential biases.

    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-to-combat-fake-news-and-disinformation/

    https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/phase_ii_-_combatting_targeted_disinformation.pdf

    https://www.un.org/en/countering-disinformation

    • asdfranger@lemmynsfw.comOPEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      If short form media is twitter takes and 60 second shorts, I have learned to almost immediately dismiss them until supported by more evidence.

      And there’s also commercial social media algorithms that take advantage of their extensive data hoarding to stagnate and dogmatize opinions.

      Mostly it boils down to taking it slow and, depending on the medium, learning how to tell key signs.

      Then I guess it’s mostly just experience and intuition, like learning how to pirate stuff safely online.

      • AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        To a good point yea, it’s experience based, it’s why the top schools are already exposing the topic of disinformation and media literacy to younger generations. Trust but verify is an excellent mantra, take time to properly think through and challenge new information you encounter, keep a change of pace to stay mentally fresh, destressing yourself when possible all work together to keep a healthy learning mindset.

        It’s essentially a holistic approach to learning and processing.

        Unfortunately, geopolitical interests, personal ideology, and everything in-between will make true online objectivity nearly impossible, so learning to best navigate it is pretty much the only approach for now. Besides keeping offline as much as possible.