I understand your position, Bob. But do you see how, by giving up on lifestyle changes, you are kind of helping to fulfill that prediction?
You may be underestimating what a strong statement it would be to those around you and others if you, for example, became a vegan, or gave up flying, or scaled way back on car use, especially if you also advocated for the same.
I was just thinking about how much our failures are primarily moral or intellectual; or whether they are primarily failures of imagination, or just laziness...I think they are all of these and more.
But we also have not just too many such failures, but also too much 'success' in other areas that I think have a very large impact: our success at rationalizing our way out of making personal changes at the same time that we are advocating for systemic changes, whether political or more market oriented.
Just a thought.