There is a persistent delusion behind the fevered activities of the state. As our predicament deepens it acts as an accelerant as it focuses the attentions of the most powerful among us to act in increasingly destructive ways. Simply stated it is the expectation that exceptionalism can be maintained in any meaningful way as we continue into a future in which global warming, extinctions, and depletion of the means of existence loom ever greater. It cannot. This is the greatest failure of imagination of our time. It rivals and will surpass the failures that led to our arrival at this point, and they will, if not corrected, take us into even more extreme difficulty than would otherwise be. Considering the range of probabilities we can glimpse from here, this is a harrowing outlook indeed.
Drowning in Search of Security
Drowning in Search of Security
Drowning in Search of Security
There is a persistent delusion behind the fevered activities of the state. As our predicament deepens it acts as an accelerant as it focuses the attentions of the most powerful among us to act in increasingly destructive ways. Simply stated it is the expectation that exceptionalism can be maintained in any meaningful way as we continue into a future in which global warming, extinctions, and depletion of the means of existence loom ever greater. It cannot. This is the greatest failure of imagination of our time. It rivals and will surpass the failures that led to our arrival at this point, and they will, if not corrected, take us into even more extreme difficulty than would otherwise be. Considering the range of probabilities we can glimpse from here, this is a harrowing outlook indeed.