Irreversible Collapse: Accepting Reality, Avoiding Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=iQeK04WOGaA&feature=youtu.be
APPLICATION — TO AVOID BECOMING EVIL on a geological timescale, we must…
1. Minimize deadliest toxicity (nuclear, methane, chemicals).
2. Assist plants (especially trees) in migrating poleward.
3. Invest time, energy, and resources in all things regenerative, including thriving with LESS, learning from and supporting indigenous wisdom and experience, and nurturing community eco-literacy and resilience.
CORE MESSAGE: Without an understanding of ecology, energy, and history, good people with the best of intentions will unknowingly propose and support policies likely to make a bad situation catastrophically worse. Or as a friend of mine likes to say, “If you don’t 'get' overshoot, you’ll misinterpret or misdiagnose virtually everything important.”
0:00:00 Introduction and Thesis
0:05:53 The Great Acceleration of Gaian Collapse
0:25:10 Progress, Overshoot, Decline: Lifecycle of Civilizations
0:44:00 Ten Certainties - Pro-future vs Anti-future Hopes
0:57:10 It's Not Too Late - Taking Responsibility for Our Legacy