https://archive.md/JAXJ6
"At a cocktail party in a crowded Washington living room some years ago, I met
a magazine editor who was working on a high-profile new book. It would
transport the reader into the future, he told me, describing in vivid,
terrifying prose all the catastrophes that might happen because of climate
change: unbreathable air, dying oceans, hunger, drowning.
Would it offer people any hope? I asked.
“It’s not my job to give people hope,” he said, sounding vaguely disgusted. I
got the sense that hope was for the weak. And that by asking my question, I was
weak, too.
A year later, his book ended up being a bestseller. So, I figured, maybe he was
right. Maybe hope is not our job. But then, I couldn’t help but wonder, whose
job was it?"
Via
Future Crunch, who wrote “Not surprisingly, we loved this.”
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-heart-united-states-democracy-uruguay-nature-rights-ecuador/>
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
