A New York Times essay asking whether the body was conscious before the mind had a word for it has resonance far beyond philosophy. In the clean energy and climate transition, the same tension appears in public behavior: people often act on heat, smoke, price shocks and visible risk before they accept the larger logic of decarbonization.
That gap between embodied experience and abstract understanding is now shaping how governments, utilities and companies communicate the transition, and how quickly they can win support for policies that demand sacrifice before benefits are fully felt.
A New York Times essay asking whether the body was conscious before the mind had a word for it has resonance far beyond philosophy. In the clean energy and climate transition, the same tension appears in public behavior: people often act on heat, smoke, price shocks and visible risk before they accept the larger logic of decarbonization.
That gap between embodied experience and abstract understanding is now shaping how governments, utilities and companies communicate the transition, and how quickly they can win support for policies that demand sacrifice before benefits are fully felt.
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