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Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change

Lesson created by Alexandra Panzer using TED-Ed's lesson creatorVideo from Vox YouTube channel

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The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. Vox takes a look at efforts energy-saving companies are taking to take advantage of human psychology. 

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What surprised you most about this video?

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Avatar for Yousra Nedoui
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What really surprised me is how people don't seem to care when they see that it negatively affects kids.


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That most people don't know about that, and I think is important to know about so you can do some change.


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What surprised me the most is the lack of empathy that people have when they see that it affects the health of children and they don't care


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I have been surprised to see that people do not reduce energy consumption even knowing the consequences they bring and the extra expenses they produce.


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What surprised you most about this video was that the most effective message that helped people was the one about social presure, when people should do it for themselves and to improve their life managing


Avatar for Àlex Gris
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It surprised me that people don't reduce as many energy as I thought, It was also surprising that the people who tried health reduced the most.


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I thought that people who were sent money messages would reduce the energy consumption since most people value money a lot.


Avatar for Adrià Alda
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The facts, I don't know if they hit the crossbar, but they told so many facts.


Avatar for niharika sharma
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Lost of humanity,this is what suprised me the most. People showed no response when it was about environment's health,instead they came into action when it was about competition and seeing themselves no.1 and having gold star,it clearly shows that people now are no more attached with nature and other's pain


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the ozone hole

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