@jackofalltrades To make up for the expected shortfall in the #doomerism market, I pledge to increase my #doomerism by 50% by 2030, but I will be buying #doomerism offsets from an #optimism account, which happens to also be owned by me.

It took me days of watching and stopping and listening and stopping and slowly growing the mushroom of my understanding, but I can't imagine a more compelling vision of the future than this. #doomerism #climatechange #future #communistrealism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DalnJ-isI5A

Listening to an amazing interview with Rebecca Solnit about #hope despite the #wildfires and #ClimateCrisis on this week's episode of What on Earth #podcast. Love that she reached out to #LauraLynch herself to inject this conversation topic into the #climate space, because it is SO needed.

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429/clip/16002986

Esp like the talk about hope vs #doomerism vs #optimism #pessimism and #cynicism. As theorist Mary Manjikian reminds us, #dread is a luxury emotion...

"Beyond #ClimateGrief"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202308/beyond-climate-grief

#ClimateAnxiety #Solastalgia #Symbiocene #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDoom #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #ClimateChange #Climate #DRR #Doomerism #Doomism #Anthropocene #Futurism

"Environmental #Psychology for a Better Future: Glenn Albrecht shifts us from environmental distress to positive action."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202308/environmental-psychology-for-a-better-future
 
#ClimateAnxiety #ClimateGrief #Solastalgia #Symbiocene #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDoom #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #ClimateChange #Climate #DRR #Doomerism #Doomism #Anthropocene #Futurism

AI doomerism has some similarity to Abrahamic God worship: AI is a vengeful God, who will doom all humans with catastrophe if the instructions of the high priests are not followed. Our original sin is recklessly allowing AI to get this far, and our salvation is to follow the instructions of the priests and their written proscriptions to stop AI, before it smites all of humanity with robot locusts or some such.

The priesthood must carefully manage or "worship" AI in secret chambers only for the chosen few). AI, if it is to exist at all, must be carefully studied or placated by the priesthood, and most importantly the priesthood must be entrusted to keep it secure with the urgency of the eternal fate of humanity.

#ai #aiDoomerism #doomerism #cult

“Despite what we may have been led to believe rarely are individuals alone capable of solving complex problems. A focus on individualism shifts the blame from those with the actual power—and responsibility—to address the issues.”

Why you shouldn’t focus your energy on recycling, your personal solar array or eating a low-carbon diet. What matters is the taking political control over our collective existence.

https://thinkings.space/you-are-not-the-answer/

#ClimateChange #Doomerism #Solarpunk

A bit I didn't include at the end of my #LotR / #climate analogy is that Frodo (or your average person living through #ClimateCollapse) doesn't succumb to the Morgul blade (#doomerism) but he's never the same even after bringing the Ring to Mordor.

Dude has major PTSD, has Seen Things & can't enjoy life the way he used to. He even tells Sam that he's saved the Shire, but not for him.

Things will never be the same, even after the day has been saved. But things will *be*. & that matters. A lot.

Remember that this is super shitty but there are people out there who know how to use the "magic" of the natural world to mitigate the worst effects of #doomerism enough to get you to a safe place (might be mental, might be physical), where you recover to the point where you actually decide to tackle the crisis head-on and do the hardest thing in the world.

On that note, have some #solarpunk resources: https://solarpunkpresents.com/2023/02/23/what-is-solarpunk-to-you-anyway/

Say hello to this week's #TheProgressiveCafe over on my #Substack, wherein I talk about #Doomerism - what it is, why it's bad, and how to push through it.

https://theprogressivecafe.substack.com/p/on-doomerism?sd=pf

https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world/

Not at all sure I'm on the same page as Marc Andreesen, but I think it's worth the read. I don't necessarily dislike his position, but he uses some convoluted logic and very pro-capitalist arguments to get there.

#AI
#Doomerism

The children who wrote impassioned letters about climate change 40 years ago, are now receiving those same letters. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23632673/against-doomerism
#doomerism #climateChange

Inviting thoughts: #doomerism is just a self fulfilling prophecy.

Why #AI #doomerism doesn’t add up with #RobertHanson

(And why narrow #AI should be regulated like #Walmart or #Amazon

https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/robin-hanson-says-youre-going-to

#unplugai

Friendly reminder:

Doomerism is a lie. Don't fall for it. Yes, there are problems that need to be solved, and the faster we solve them the better. But we aren't doomed.

Enjoy your day.

#climate #doomerism

Friendly reminder:

Doomerism is a lie. Don't fall for it. Yes, there are problems that need to be solved, and the faster we solve them the better. But we aren't doomed.

#climate #doomerism

It's time to tell the clout-chasing Covid #doomerism merchants to call it a day. Unfollow them. Mute them. Don't pay any attention to them.

@JackWolf @jayseeem

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We cannot merely criticise misleading narratives and offer #science knowledge. We must also proffer ways forward for action.

Examples of positive action:
1. #EcoInspiration https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-choice/202110/how-reduce-eco-anxiety-and-make-positive-change
2. Overcoming #doomerism
https://medium.com/disruptive-voices/against-climate-doomerism-48aa32b89041
3. Coping with #EcoAnxiety https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220315-how-eco-anxiety-affects-childrens-minds

Connecting topics https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-02-2017-0043

#EcoGrief #EcoStress #ClimateAnxiety #ClimateGrief #ClimateStress #Solastalgia #DRR #doomism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

#famine call me a doomer but i think widespread african style famine can happen in the united states - i also think nuclear war is likely - we need to make universal nutrition and nuclear disarmament top priorities immediately - it can happen #doomerism

New post on existential angst going on right now called “Call me a Globalist Alex Jone: I’ll take it”:

https://medium.com/@jonathanzwexler/call-me-a-globalist-alex-jones-1dfbea72e8fb

#doomerism #climatecrisis #infowars #alexjones