Good Intent Is Not Enough

Even from a purely practical perspective, changing sentiment is not enough unless people are informed enough to have some idea of what changes need to be made to actually help a given situation.

For example, it's not enough to convince people that climate change is real, because there's a whole bunch of greenwashing out there that will try to convince people that they can save the Earth if they just buy their products.

People want the easiest solution possible. It makes sense, right? Why spend more effort than you have to? But making real, meaningful change often requires significant changes, significant effort. So a non-solution that requires little to no change will naturally look superior to actual solutions if it presents itself as a way to meaningfully address the problem.

Having the right opinions is meaningless if we don't know what will and won't help us achieve our goals.