After all, collectively, isn’t that what we’re doing? 
Aren’t we all, in our own and in our collective ways, truly expert at boiling frogs?
Bit by bit, incrementally, as Gore used the analogy, we are destroying ourselves and not taking the actions necessary to turn things around.
This post is sparked by my new-found desire to see “>How to Boil a Frog which is
a comedic documentary about Overshoot: too many people using up too little planet much too fast. Yes, we’ve taken the kind of material that makes people jump off bridges, put it in a blender, and churned out a Smoothie o’ Fun that gives you the Big Picture of what the hell is going on with our so-called civilization, and tells you what you and I can do about it that will not only actually make a difference (no light bulbs!) but also make our lives better right now! More fun! More friends! Free food! It’s a bargain.
Perhaps my favorite line from the trailer:
Global Warming isn’t a problem. It is a symptom of an ever bigger problem.
At the How to Boil a Frog’s website, I recommend “the funhouse” which has some great videos (including one of the best re Peak Oil that I’ve seen — see after the fold), a collection of recommended books that I can only comment “seconded”, and a great set of recommended articles (on both books and articles, check the archived recommendations).