We are smart enough to invent a lot of interesting stuff but not smart enough to control the stuff we invent. The key problem we are not facing is that we must do more than just stop accumulating CO2 and other greenhouses gasses because with what is already present temperatures will continue to rise and eventually no niche survives where life is possible, As time moves inexorably on cascading retreats from consumer culture, corporations, tech and financialization will leave us less capable of inventing and managing paths to reduce those gasses.