Clearing skies: Opening a new path on climate and the future
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Clearing skies: Opening a new path on climate and the future
The human psyche naturally rebels against the idea of its end. Likewise, civilizations have throughout history marched blindly toward disaster, because humans are wired to believe that tomorrow will be much like today. . . . Yet the reality of global climate change is going to keep intruding on our fantasies of perpetual growth, permanent innovatio
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Increasingly of the belief that most problems are cultural, not technological.
Like Gus Speth said:
“The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy – & to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation”
Our society’s individualism, largely driven by technological advances and the illusion of endless progress, will no longer be sustainable – will not be able to last – in a world where anthropogenic climate change is a constant and growing threat.