Aweird paradox of modern life is that, although humans struggle to address bigproblems like climate change, we’re great at making our lives easier. I use the app for this often, and when I do, I can sense myanger and stress over insufficient government investment in transit ebbing; as Googleseamlessly solves my practical problem, the bigger picture recedes from my view. Neither of thesequalities will help us stop the climate crisis, and they may even foreclose politicalsolutions: After all, if environmental crisis is something I can reasonablymanage in my daily life, why take political action to stop it?