How thinking like a geologist could help us fight climate change

“Society as a whole is unable to think on anything like geologic time scales,” says Marcia Bjornerud. “Or even decadal time scales.” It’s clear that we need to think long-term about climate and the environment, but instead political leaders are constrained by the two-year Congressional cycle and those working in business are beholden to quarterly earnings.Bjornerud is a geologist at Lawrence University in Wisconsin and the author of Timefulness: How Thinking Like a