I think a few things play into this specific case:
1. Global warming is about defending the status quo of nature from actions of people (keep temperature as is) whereas anti-aging is trying to change the state of nature.
2. Global warming results from pollution and there’s already a social narrative around pollution being bad. And pollution is quite simple to understand too.
3. Global warming can be viewed as a moral failing of mankind and that fits in within a lot of existing stories. (There are stories about the pursuit of eternal youth, but I think they tend to have the message that the search doesn’t end well).
Generally though, in this post I haven’t explored the interaction between the two realities. Things from causal reality necessarily feed into social reality, I don’t have a clear model of how yet.
I think a few things play into this specific case:
1. Global warming is about defending the status quo of nature from actions of people (keep temperature as is) whereas anti-aging is trying to change the state of nature.
2. Global warming results from pollution and there’s already a social narrative around pollution being bad. And pollution is quite simple to understand too.
3. Global warming can be viewed as a moral failing of mankind and that fits in within a lot of existing stories. (There are stories about the pursuit of eternal youth, but I think they tend to have the message that the search doesn’t end well).
Generally though, in this post I haven’t explored the interaction between the two realities. Things from causal reality necessarily feed into social reality, I don’t have a clear model of how yet.