I wish you were wrong about human behaviour. But I seriously suspect that your pessimism is more realistic than my optimism. But I will continue to raise the alarm and I figure if enough of us make enough noise, we will awaken those of us who are intelligent and leading to do what is necessary. See, I told you I was an optimist.

The short answer to all these questions is, we cannot. The problems are grounded in the inexorable implications of games theory. The situation compares to being a passenger on the RMS Titanic. The alarm has been sounded that there are big holes below the waterline, and the water is flooding in. Some will decide to enjoy the next waltz, glass of wine, and caviar cracker. Others will run about shouting, “Come help us bail.” But most will decide not to spend their last moments of life frantically bailing. The lessons of the Titanic teach us that the bailers drown before the caviar eaters. If you want more bailers, you will need better incentives than the expectation that the bailers will be the first to drown. With China and India constantly enlarging the holes, bailer recruitment becomes increasingly difficult.