There is no reason that the statement here can’t be true. It’s quite possible that humankind will, as one, realize that the forces of oppression all around us are unacceptable and demand solutions to environmental collapse, social injustice, and massive, …
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Lots of Horsepower Behind Environmental Sustainability
The content of the meme to the right is exactly correct. In fact, there are more than 200,000 groups internationally, some huge, some tiny, whose employees and volunteers are working tirelessly to keep this civilization from going off the rails, …
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Dealing with the Morally Challenged
The good news for this civilization is that there are many millions of people working tirelessly to keep it from imploding into itself, whether from environmental damage, nuclear war, world fascism, social injustice, or any number of other forms of …
Here’s a Prediction of the Future: It Will Remain Unpredictable
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: If you want to accept a doctrine based on faith, that’s okay by me. However, it precludes any objective or realistic analysis. No one can accurately predict the future. First, no one’s suggesting that taking things …
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A Sustainable Society Means Making a Shift in What We Desire
The key legacy of French social philosopher Rene Girard is the concept of “mimetic desire,” i.e., that we borrow our desires from others. While we may think our aspirations are authentic and self-created, in truth, we generate our wants from …
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A Nice Gift for Christmas: Sustainability
Girl (pictured here): Well, I want a peaceful, sustainable world, where humankind comes together to deal with its major challenges, you know, climate change, social injustice — that kind of thing. Can you make that happen? Santa: Ho ho …
