We are attempting to evaluate the situation based upon past experience which, in all likelihood, will not apply as we move forward. Things are changing, and eco

We are attempting to evaluate the situation based upon past experience which, in all likelihood, will not apply as we move forward. Things are changing, and economics, sociology and the like are not of the immutable laws realm like physics. We have built a world predicated upon vast supplies of cheap energy with comparatively very high energy density which will not be replaced like-for-like. What must change is how we function, what we depend upon and what we value as a global community. We - i.e. all of us who inhabit the place we call earth - need to really come to terms with all that is happening and stop hanging on to the antiquated belief that, at some point, all will be “normal” again. It won’t. And that doesn’t mean we have to give in or give up. But we do have to change - our habits, our beliefs, our worldview. When you look at, discerningly look, scrutinize and acknowledge, all that is going on, all the crises (or perhaps you prefer cataclysms, catastrophes, calamities ... - pick your favourite) including climate, energy, water, food, economic, justice, humanitarian, authoritarian, autocratic, diplomatic, political, geopolitical, … we absolutely must see the forest and the trees and step out of the comfortable illusions and delusions we tenaciously embrace. We must begin to deeply adapt to changes coming and ruggedize our lives. In some ways it astonishes me that people are so deeply certain of their certainties, of the “can’t happen” mentality, but in other ways, I get that we have been groomed to believe that capitalism, companies, governments, and technology will solve all of our problems if we just continue to be good little consumers and not rock the boat. But massive and sustained discontinuities are coming. And fast.