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>I think breathless doomsaying about climate change is a brilliant example. The overwhelming zeitgeist is one of learned helplessness. But the more people feel
by Glawen 4y ago
>I think breathless doomsaying about climate change is a brilliant example. The overwhelming zeitgeist is one of learned helplessness. But the more people feel that global disaster is both imminent and inevitable, the fewer people will be motivated to work on the problem.
I'm not living in the US, but this one buggers me a lot. In my country school they are "educating" children about climate change and pollution. My child, who is worrying about everything, is freaking out about the planet future and animals. This summer at the beach, he freaked out about microplastics in the sea and made sure I put the rubbish in the bin.
The trouble is that all these pollution speech are always about disasters, they give no hope for future generations. This is the main issue in my opinion, there is no dream to look forward at the moment. Where are the dreams about flying cars and great cities? Robots serving us while we spend our lives at the beach?
- antifa 4y ago> Where are the dreams about flying cars and great cities? Robots serving us while we spend our lives at the beach? I'm surprised you're more upset about your kids knowing they have no future than that somebody sold your kids future.
- Glawen 4y agoYour comment is exactly what I complain about with school, it gives only a vision of global disaster and the culprits are us and our parents. We have no idea how it will turn out in the future, what global events are going to happen or whatnot. The only thing I'm sure: we are going to die someday and Earth will survive us. If humanity manages to kill itself by destroying the environment, so be it and we deserve to die. As for that somebody who sold my kids future, it always happened. Remember endless wars? The current 80 years without wars in Europe is an anomaly in history.
- antifa 4y ago> and the culprits are us and our parents. That seems like a strawman, unless you own some oil derricks or personally moved some factory jobs to China.
- skavi 4y agoIf your child had no hope for improvement, why would he care whether or not you put rubbish in the bin? It seems he is at least somewhat actively working to improve the issues he perceives.
- hotpotamus 4y agoPerhaps if there was concerted action to solve the problems we face, our children might see that as hopeful and look forward to a world that is willing to take on those challenges.
- nonameiguess 4y agoThat sounds like a hell of a stretch, frankly. I learned about issues regarding global warming and pollution and was exposed to anti-littering campaigns as a child in elementary school in the 80s. It didn't result in hopelessness or anxiety. It resulted in me not littering. And it's entirely possible I may have told my dad to not litter at some point too, if he didn't already know to do that. He seems to have survived. In spite of all this, I always have been and remain hopeful for the future.
- dsign 4y ago> The trouble is that all these pollution speech are always about disasters, they give no hope for future generations. This is the main issue in my opinion, there is no dream to look forward at the moment. Where are the dreams about flying cars and great cities? Robots serving us while we spend our lives at the beach? Good dreams don't sell, but bad dreams do. I just finished watching a series with slum people living in slums where the air and the water is toxic. It was a huge Netflix success among a young cohort. I admired all the innovation and art that went into the visuals, but the story was cookie-cutter-forced-tragedy. I just hope we don't end up in the dystopia we are painting in so many colors at each step.