Pluralistic Ignorance and Climate Change
How can most people support serious action on climate change and yet continue to believe we are in the minority? The answer: pluralistic ignorance.
“The Undiscovered Self” by Carl Jung
Writing in 1957, Jung is very concerned with the Cold War, Communism and the threat of nuclear disaster. However, his points seem very salient in 2008 as well. He is alarmed about ‘mass-mindedness’ — the reduction of individuals to anonymous,…