Author David Brooks explores the systemic linkage between climate disasters and the other problems facing contemporary society, while reviewing “Not Built for This,” a series created by the podcast 99% Invisible, which explores the effect that climate change is having on our built environment. The story is made especially timely by its arrival in the fall out of Hurricane Helene, which devastated inland communities totally unprepared to experience weather disasters, but which are now facing them as the climate rapidly changes.

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