uspol, cynicism
The best ways out of the various crises in front of us all follow a similar pattern: they are radically different from what we have experience with, they will be uncomfortable or unpleasant, require large-scale coordination, and they feel (or are) risky. This is antithetical to the default human attitude. We won't act until the current situation is so painful that we have no other choice, and by then it'll be too late.