Climate Change: Are You Scared Enough? feat. David Wallace-Wells

Maybe if you're not scared, you're not paying attention… Like this video? SUBSCRIBE to Hot Mess! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Climate change is scary, because it will negatively impact just about every part of our lives. But the conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change and inspire people to do something about it has always been "don't scare people". At least until recently. In the past couple years climate scientists and climate journalists have started talking in scarier and more worst case terms than ever before. Why? And is this a good thing? I talked to author David Wallace-Wells, author of "The Uninhabitable Earth" to learn more. #climate #climatechange #globalwarming Read more: Wallace-Wells, David. The uninhabitable earth: Life after warming. Tim Duggan Books, 2019. Connect with us on: Twitter:   / hotmesspbs   Instagram:   / hotmesspbs   Facebook:   / hotmesspbs   Hot Mess T-shirts!: https://store.dftba.com/products/hot-... ----------- Host: Joe Hanson Guest: David Wallace-Wells Writers: Joe Hanson Ph.D. Creative Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Producer: Stephanie Noone Editor/Animator: Sara Roma Camera: Miriam Nielsen ----------- Produced by PBS Digital Studios Theme Music: Eric Friend/Optical Audio Music: APM