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The Patterning Instinct

Collapse or Transformation

I suppose if one only stuck a toe into the literature of climate change, into its factual evidence, its numbers, into its long-form meditations and its day-to-day reportage, one might still be able to manage some deflection. One might still be able to push what it has to say into a corner to be visited only now and then. Put in a half of foot, however, and compartmentalization becomes almost impossible. We face a moral crisis of shattering proportions. Here’s what some environmental activists are arguing about these days: Is societal collapse inevitable, and therefore, is our time best spent Read more