Very good laying out of reasons to be pounding heads against the wall.

Pessimistic optimist (some say term is skeptical optimist):

• Pessimist -- because the situation is so dire, news getting worse, with seemingly a determination to ignore the implications

• Optimist -- because one doesn't have a choice but to work for, hope that we find a path forward that averts this disaster (or, let us say, averts the disaster becoming a total global catastrophe).

Thank you ... I think.

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