Bias. Good 'ol plain bias.

Unless you’re very self-aware, one requires actual training and practiced mindfulness to break free from that in all endeavors. There’s also some lack-of-the-outside-world going on too - one would need to have at least thought about world experiences apart from one’s own, to consider alternative possibilities.

What concerns me the most is what happens when you heap climate refugees on top of this mess. The forecast doesn’t look so great.