Investor: last time 'we're all going to die' alarmists won, it cost hundreds of thousands of lives via anti-nuclear fear
firstadopter · x · 2026-09-12
Jean-Louis (firstadopter) argues that the last time 'we're all going to die' alarmists won the debate, it was the anti-nuclear energy movement — which cost tens or hundreds of thousands of lives due to greater air pollution from fossil fuel power.
He criticizes media outlets for platforming viral AI doomer narratives without nuanced, fact-based debate or any pushback, calling it a failure of news judgment done for views and hits.
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