Cities in the age of climate consequences: ‘Carbon Zero,’ chapter 1

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3. This book appears to be a perfect illustration

of an affliction I call "Solutionism".

A “Solutionist” is someone who sees, understands and accepts the coming collapse, but is still frantically searching for solutions to keep at least part of our inalienable way of life rolling on. They are usually in the grip of both personal fears and a basketload of unexamined core assumptions around social values like economics and current cultural structures. It seems to me that they will seal our fate by delaying the dissolution of the old ways, thereby guaranteeing the fall of Stygian night.