Some argument of this form has been posited since at least the 1970s. 50 years of failed predictions from the Neomalthusians
https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4783129/LPR/PDFs/EN...
Your attention is constantly pulled to look at something, but the real problems are going neglected.
Meanwhile, looking up past predictions, it easy to find them tracking. Even oil company predictions are tracking.
https://www.science.org/content/article/even-50-year-old-cli...
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/harvard-led-a....