Human Nature

[Alan V]

And yet, worrying about the planet is another example of prioritizing the personal (what you value, humanity) over any long term view (the planet will go on turning).

How is that not a similar example of what in others you describe as a negative?

I value the long-term interests of humanity over its short-term interests.  I also highly value the natural world as it is, which will be altered radically by climate change.

So just as you say, my assessment depends on my subjective values.  There doesn't seem to be any fulcrum on which to leverage a better outcome.

Being human, I am part of the problem I have described, and understand the stresses associated with admitting it.

So I obviously wish I was wrong in this assessment.