But after so many of our most complex systems have failed, from BP's
deepwater drilling to the derivatives market — with some of our biggest brains
failing to foresee these outcomes — there is some evidence that the power of this
particular narrative arc is beginning to weaken. The Brookings Institution released
a survey in 2012 that found that roughly seven in ten Americans think that trying
to turn down the sun will do more harm than good. Only three in ten believe that