If aliens are announced and the secret tech has been released to the private sector for study, then what? I say this as it will most likely not affect the average person going to work, caring for family, paying bills, most societal obligations shall remain unchanged. At least this is common place thinking as far as I have been able to tell, and rightfully so, we have bigger issues in our immediate lives or at least think so, like dying family members, or caring for disabled family, the list goes on for too long.
If there is tech that can stop and reverse climate change and handed over to us then what? Most
people I have talked to or known over a period of time in the USA do not even believe climate
change is a problem? I think this is mostly an American thing, but maybe not.
Much less try to get this populace super excited about technology we have never seen nor could
understand most likely, and then get that populace to understand that this is what can save
earth from US …It would most likely take around a decade for the tech to be cracked open and
maybe even longer to apply it to climate change if the private sector had access to the toys. I
hope it would be much faster but honestly does not seem so, but maybe with AI we will move
faster and get it done.
This is the big bummer reason, but as my experience of life in the USA shows me most people
genuinely just dont care at all whatsoever an have no interest of caring about any of it. A large
amount of people passionate about this subject will simply say they are ignorant, experiencing
ONTOLOGICAL SHOCK, put they’re heads in sand, etc. But i believe its simply due to the fact they
have to much in the media and they’re lives to even think about adding this to they’re thoughts.
Its a obviously a overwhelming topic with a overwhelming amount of fake info. This takes a
large amount of time, research, and critical thinking to even get a viewpoint of this issue that is
even past 60 or 70% true and even then you have no concrete way of knowing its true. Thats
with a large amount of time dedicated to researching this topic an most do not have time nor
energy or even the critical thinking skills necessary to truthfully an honestly approach this
subject with a desire to fully grasp what is actually going on. Most just say that is way to much
and they just dont care until they talk to an alien. And unfortunately we have to accept this as
fair because most simply cant deal with this subject for a multitude of practical and logical real
life reasons, an it is what it is on this level.
*EDIT*
So when discussing this important subject with those who cant discuss it, please be
understanding patient and allow them to not care happily lol. I promise in few years from now
you can have your conversation with those who did not care before, and it will go much better!
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