The most urgent problem of the century generates the least sense of urgency

Evidence

Considering that adverse climate change is the most urgent problem of the century, the remarkable thing about the global warming problem is the low sense of urgency to abate it. The current lethargic pace of incremental change will end up doing too little, too late. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2666

Categorization

• QUESTION: What explains this paradox of low urgency for high-stakes risk? Worth chasing the psychology/cognitive-science literature on temporal discounting of diffuse threats.