Yet I can’t tell you how often I’ve sat down with an activist whose latest policy paper is all about solutions, and in heart-to-heart conversation they reveal that they don’t really think our species has much of a chance of avoiding major catastrophe, maybe even extinction.Ok, so we are heading to disaster. I'm not going to worry about extinction. If it happens, c'est la vie, or c'est la morte, but there isn't anything to concern myself with after that. :-)
In the meantime, this is my big three list of things to look for:
- A way (or some ways) to organize society that is humane, sustainable and attainable. I know there are people who offer solutions, but I have yet to hear one that I believe would be both good & could actually happen. The ones that sound good usually seem to require a population made of saints, which I think has no more chance of happening than an ice sculpture of Notre Dame being around the morning after a big party in Hades.
- Population control and/or reduction
- Sustainable and abundant energy
The last of these strikes me as the most tractable, but I don't see any major progress happening.
In the meantime, I think I'll watch out for the disaster.
