One of my friends thinks a lot about cultural shifts. He was generous to take set aside some time to chat (I don’t know that he expected it would go two hours…) and the following is what occurred to me afterwards.
appreciated the UN piece by Bendell. Also a shoutout regarding ‘certainty’ and it’s possible/likely wrongness - I think of old oil drum heads disillusioned and suffering a long letdown about things peaking. Maintaining momentum and purpose in the face of unknowing isn’t easy at all.
I think we're at a point now where consequences have so accumulated that we're damned if we do (harness more energy), damned if we don't. so if one can be content with that level of certainty (i.e. we don't know exactly what's going to fall apart when, but we're *in it* now for the rest of our lives), it's simultaneously vague enough to be fair/accurate and precise enough to strategize around somewhat.
appreciated the UN piece by Bendell. Also a shoutout regarding ‘certainty’ and it’s possible/likely wrongness - I think of old oil drum heads disillusioned and suffering a long letdown about things peaking. Maintaining momentum and purpose in the face of unknowing isn’t easy at all.
I think we're at a point now where consequences have so accumulated that we're damned if we do (harness more energy), damned if we don't. so if one can be content with that level of certainty (i.e. we don't know exactly what's going to fall apart when, but we're *in it* now for the rest of our lives), it's simultaneously vague enough to be fair/accurate and precise enough to strategize around somewhat.
Why does prof. Jiang write and speak in English if he's teaching in Beijing?
Mary Midgley's book on the myths we live by has a good takedown of Dawkins and his memetics. TLDR: it's bollocks.
To hell with the Great Theories, the Graphs. Just enjoy each day. It's all you have.