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In reply to the discussion: Are We Heading Toward Extinction? [View all]The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)41. Big grin, thank you. Here's a bit of back story
I am actually GliderGuider. That handle got blocked from DU after I supported Louise Mensch one too many times, so I had to come back as a mythical creature, the jackalope.
I only wish I wrote as well as Catherine. Her essay speaks my thoughts so eloquently. I think it's essential reading for everyone who is waking up to the predicament.
I've been knocking around the doom-o-sphere for 15 years. About 5 years ago I ran out of things to say about the onrushing catastrophe, and also out of reasons to say it. But with people like Catherine and so many others now writing the kind of uncompromising truth that is so desperately needed, and doing it so much better than I ever could, I'm now mostly retired from the fray.
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But 'more clever' is exactly why the five mass extinctions don't give any guide for our species
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2019
#50
As far as I can tell, technology has never been used to facilitate degrowth
The_jackalope
Jul 2019
#52
May I ask what you are doing to fix things? I would like to know what we people can do
Autumn
Jul 2019
#3
I searched for that term but I don't know if the meaning is what you intend here
mahina
Jul 2019
#35
Thank you. I read you and agree too. Was wondering if it meant what happens when we confuse thinkin
mahina
Jul 2019
#38
I landscape .... native plants ... and the drop off I have see in the last 20 years is staggering
Botany
Jul 2019
#49
I've been uneasy too, for the same reason. We have a natural back yard that we have
Nay
Jul 2019
#55
I fear we're heading toward massive population reduction rather than complete extinction...
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2019
#11
That's my take on it, too, Rob. They can hardly wait for the rest of us to die off so
Nay
Jul 2019
#56