Curating Content To Support Learning About Humanity's Transition

This content was posted on  22 Apr 21  by   Douglas Rushkoff  on  Facebook Page
Phenomena such as climate change occur on time scales too large for most people to …

Phenomena such as climate change occur on time scales too large for most people to understand, whether they’re being warned by scientists or their great-grandparents. Besides, the future is a distancing concept — someone else’s problem. Brain studies reveal that we relate to our future self the way we relate to a completely different person. We don’t identify that person as us. Perhaps this is a coping mechanism. If we truly ponder the horrific possibilities, everything becomes hyperbolic. We find it easier to imagine survival tactics for the zombie apocalypse than ideas to make the next ten years a bit better.

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Like the builders of doomed Fukushima, we envision the future without respecting the past


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