The New York Times is angry that its reporters have been banished from China and that people in China cannot access the NY Times website. Fortunately, the NY Post can fill this void (I am kidding). In today's NY Times there is
a long piece about the Hong Kong democracy protesters. The following quote is interesting:
"Many in the crowd — fearing that the police would use pepper spray, as they had on Friday night and Saturday morning — unfurled umbrellas, donned plastic raincoats and gauze masks, and put plastic wrap over their eyes. "
This is rational adaptation in the face of an anticipated threat. This simple example generalizes and explains how urbanites will adapt to climate change. We are not behavioral idiots.
