You can deny environmental calamity – until you check the facts | George Monbiot

Rosy worldviews that rely on avoiding inconvenient truths should always set alarm bells ringingOne of the curiosities of our age is the way in which celebrity culture comes to dominate every aspect of public life. Even the review pages of the newspapers sometimes look like a highfalutin version of gossip magazines. Were we to judge them by the maxim “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people”, they would not emerge well. Biography dominates.