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I think they get it, they just don’t think they’ll ever experience consequences. They can always move somewhere comparatively insulated from harm or don’t see a point in worrying about anything that happens outside of their own lifetimes or are techno optimists and assume we’ll crack fusion or invent efficient carbon scrubbers
It’s ironic that the people in the article are decrying “doomism” as an excuse to give up and do nothing are juxtaposed against a guy who quit his job and moved to Bali to start a permaculture operation (not sure how well that would work as a universal solution, but good on him). The crime in the eyes of the anti-doomer isn’t giving up, it’s opting out of the idea that we can solve climate change by running on our little hamster wheels harder.