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'When it comes to writing about climate change … or energy transition … or
resource depletion … the new "it" word seems to be COLLAPSE. Collapse is
everywhere. But collapse is an inherently fuzzy concept. We are often assured
that it won't happen all at once, like in the movie
The Day After Tomorrow.
But beyond that, we find very little guidance as to precisely how it might play
out over a longer stretch of time. All that most people seem to agree on is
this: it's going to be really, really bad.
One school of thought, which I've called End-Times Doomism, tells us there is
no need to worry, because we lack agency to do anything about it. We are as
powerless as a bunch of ants on a log, floating down a river, caught in its
current, heading toward a waterfall we can't avoid. So we might as well embrace
"radical acceptance" and enjoy the ride (if not the destination).
For those of us who choose to believe that life after collapse is both possible
and likely, radical acceptance will not do. I want to be explicit about why. It
is because, whatever world we find ourselves in during and after collapse, we
will aspire to be among its survivors. As individuals, we may not be able to
save modern civilization as a whole from its self-inflicted death spiral, but
each of us will want to save ourselves and those we love, especially our
children and grandchildren, who did not ask to be born into this damaged world
we have created for them. So each of us will inevitably ask:
How can I best navigate the next several decades of uncertainty, crisis, and
collapse in order to maximize my own and my family's chances of survival?
My personal view is that human beings might intellectually embrace the idea of
radical acceptance, but few of us (excepting the sociopaths in our midst) would
be willing and able to lean over and tell our three year old granddaughter to
do the same.
If you want to be among those who survive collapse, you need to understand
collapse.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
