How to Misunderstand the Climate Crisis
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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Coming to terms with climate change and its effects while living in constant uncertainty about the world’s future is challenging for any human being.
How to cope with climate anxiety | Psyche Guides
The consequences of catastrophic climate change are daunting, almost too terrifying to contemplate, and denial can help us through it.
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
So we don’t. And this elaborate act of self-misdirection has many an accomplice: Governments that can’t bring themselves to announce the news like the existential emergency it actually is. The niceties of everyday life which shun the grief-struck herald. The paid agents of Big Oil and Gas who have spent millions to cast shade on news we already wis
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
So we don’t. And this elaborate act of self-misdirection has many an accomplice: Governments that can’t bring themselves to announce the news like the existential emergency it actually is. The niceties of everyday life which shun the grief-struck herald. The paid agents of Big Oil and Gas who have spent millions to cast shade on news we already wis
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