Matter of Degrees: How Hot It Gets Still Depends on Us
Author’s prologue
From the Winter 2016 Reality Bites issue of California.
Author’s prologue
In the fall of 1994, when I was a young reporter struggling to pay the rent, I wrote a cover story for the San Francisco Bay Guardian: “Plugging In: An Idiot’s Guide to the Internet.” I explained why a 14.4 baud modem was a great deal, and reported that the Internet was a fantastic resource because “all kinds of information are available.”
I am so, so, sorry.