A pregnant woman is overwhelmed with prenatal advice by well-meaning friends, most of it nonsense. So for a while she stop listening to any advice. She finally begins listening again when she finds a source she trusts. She compares this to the counterproductive effects of a certain kind of fear-mongering in discussing the climate crisis.
Highly recommended
http://ensia.com/voices/pregnant-pause/?viewAll=1
Also, Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth which deals with this issue in depth is fabulous.Including a great intro by Doug. But if you want a nice bit of story telling on this, the above article is worth reading.
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