Why don't most people care about pollution?

If you threw it at boiling water it would try to escape, but if you heated the water slowly, the lobster would die slowly and without resisting. We humans are the lobster. It's true that nobody likes pollution in theory. read more

If you threw it at boiling water it would try to escape, but if you heated the water slowly, the lobster would die slowly and without resisting. read more

In the recent survey, which questioned 1,025 U.S. adults in early March, Americans reported feeling the most concerned about drinking polluted water and least worried about global warming. In 1989, 35% of the men and women surveyed said they cared a great deal about climate change, but only 32% said the same thing in 2015. read more

As to why we don't care, I believe there are a great variety of reasons. Most people live in the here and now, and often don't exercise foresight. Such thinking has been at the root of destruction of every civilization that has come and gone. read more