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Our Direction
Which way should we go?
It’s tempting and easy to rail against the fools who are willfully destroying the climate of the planet we all live on. After all, they are exhibiting deadly and astoundingly stupid behavior. I rail against them all the time.
But this is the wrong focus. This is focusing on a few thousand foolish people on a planet with 8 billion. It makes more sense to focus on the vast majority, on what we can and should be doing.
Yes, we need to stop the evil acts by that foolish yet terribly influential minority. But that could be like swatting a fly before quickly getting to the big job — cleaning the house. The fly is annoying but we can stop the buzzing. We are bigger. In the same way that 8 billion people (or a tiny fraction of 8 billion people) can easily overwhelm a few thousand miscreants.
Ah, but what to do?
A Plan Coming Into Focus
I’m looking for a way forward, for both humanity and the health of the planet, that taps into what people are already thinking and feeling. In my view, we need to focus and guide what’s already there into some sort of action plan. What do we need to do as individuals and as communities — both local groups and the entirety of our species?
