Barack Obama

Right.

And, and you know, this, um,

this sense that things aren't worth it unless we get everything we want, I think is

is either a recipe for disappointment in a democracy, but also maybe in life, or it leads to this weird cynicism where you just withdraw entirely.

And that's part of what happened to too many of our folks.

I think we decided, all right, if I'm not going to get everything, then that justifies doing nothing.

It's interesting.

I had a conversation with Malia, my daughter.

It was probably three, four years ago.

And she was saying to me, Dad, I'm talking to a bunch of my friends and this climate change thing.

Everybody just feels like it's hopeless now.

It looks like we just keep on throwing this crud into the air.

People aren't listening to science.

And

We're going to blow through these targets that the scientists tell us.

If we don't keep it at 2% Celsius increase, we're going to have these catastrophes.

And it doesn't seem like there's any chance for us to do it.

So a bunch of my friends now say, what's the point?

It's too late.

So what should I tell them?