A week ago James Fallows declared victory over the boiled frogs metaphor, when the hard-htting Paul Krugman brought up the old saw about frogs who won't jump out of a pot brought slowly to a boil. but didn't fall for it. But tonight on his web-only sketchbook Tom Toles, who can draw as well asContinue reading “Boiled Frogs May Die, but the Metaphor Won’t”
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No More Boiled Frogs! Dragons, Please
James Fallows of The Atlantic has been banging on against the boiled frog metaphor often used to describe the slow public reaction to the threat of climate change. Why? One reason: it’s not true (here). Personally, I’m sick and tired of the canary in a coal mine metaphor, but at least that has a basisContinue reading “No More Boiled Frogs! Dragons, Please”
Kit Stolz 