What I feel most upset and disheartened about is that humans who identify as eco-oriented have designated as heroes figures who deliver feel-good messages.
These people can indeed be a bit exhausting. Still, I try to keep in mind how difficult it is to be correct about everything, and recognise that I myself am subject to naive realism and that I don’t exactly understand our predicament 100% accurately. Btw the “design shortcomings” link seems broken.
Fair. I agree that some humility is due, acknowledgement of where uncertainty lies... But, ugh!! These guys SO dominate the discourse and they're mistaken in SUCH obvious ways, despite having had so much opportunity to think on it!
Thanks for the tip about the link, which should've gone to my post 2.1. The correction won't appear until December, when I've set this to republish.
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Yeah, it's infuriating. Fwiw, I'm with you. I've read half of your posts so far and couldn't agree more. I just try to guard myself a tiny bit vs. my own confirmation bias, acknowledging that I don't know what I don't know and btw there are a lot of complicated details I cannot fully comprehend. I reckon it likely that there are parts of our predicament I see worse than they really are.
these poor kids. thunberg is honest with herself so she'll get there. the rest tho...
your writing is fresh, clear, and brutal as always miss A.P. it's nice to be reminded - not-all humans, y'know?
Of all the people mentioned in this post, I have the most hope for Greta Thunberg. Once she understands the big picture, she will change her opinions.
if she does, it will be interesting to see how she adjusts her strategy and public messaging
These people can indeed be a bit exhausting. Still, I try to keep in mind how difficult it is to be correct about everything, and recognise that I myself am subject to naive realism and that I don’t exactly understand our predicament 100% accurately. Btw the “design shortcomings” link seems broken.
Fair. I agree that some humility is due, acknowledgement of where uncertainty lies... But, ugh!! These guys SO dominate the discourse and they're mistaken in SUCH obvious ways, despite having had so much opportunity to think on it!
Thanks for the tip about the link, which should've gone to my post 2.1. The correction won't appear until December, when I've set this to republish.
**You'll notice that the posts that you receive as a subscriber are these extant ones. I made them visible online all at once and have set them to retroactively go to subscribers' emails, one-by-one, week-by-week. BUT! I've also recorded videos for each of the 7 major sections, which I'll start sharing next week. So there's still new content to be discovered!
Yeah, it's infuriating. Fwiw, I'm with you. I've read half of your posts so far and couldn't agree more. I just try to guard myself a tiny bit vs. my own confirmation bias, acknowledging that I don't know what I don't know and btw there are a lot of complicated details I cannot fully comprehend. I reckon it likely that there are parts of our predicament I see worse than they really are.