People have predicted the end of the world for literally thousands of years. Should’ve happened by now, right?

Plato, and Heraclitus before him, both thought that society would eventually collapse. They sounded smart but would’ve been quite surprised to see what we’ve done with the world.

All email conversations in Swedish public institutions are basically a public act and any citizen can request an extract of them.

Easily explained by the fact that writing some types of software and seeing people using it is fun. Some people take photos for free also.

Doesn’t apply everywhere though.

There’s actually research to support the claim you’re making here (Elaboration Likelihood Model).

When forming attitudes in an area where one doesn’t care, one tends to rely more on who is saying it than what is being said. The opposite is true, if you care about [climate change], you listen to the arguments regardless of who is presenting it.