Filmmaker Randy Olson: Climate Change Is an Inconvenient Bore

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/filmmaker-randy-olson-climate-change-is-becoming-boring-a-940061.html



Has the climate change "brand" been ruined? Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson says that the problem with trying to raise awareness about global warming is that it's the most boring subject on earth.

Filmmaker Randy Olson: Climate Change Is an Inconvenient Bore
Interview Conducted By Axel Bojanowski
December 20, 2013 – 11:15 AM

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Dr. Olson, you say you've figured out the most boring subject humanity has ever confronted: global warming. So I have to ask, I have studied the subject and ...

Randy Olson: OK, this is probably going to be the most boring interview I've ever done. And I probably shouldn't even do it because it's kind of a losing proposition, but I will because I think this issue of climate change is truly important, and that it is a major tragedy how poorly it's been handled.

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Wait -- you say our interview is a hopeless effort?

Olson: Not hopeless, just a long shot -- discussing how boring something is without being boring is tough.