Reply #13: What can I do when I pay attention? [View All]

Say the world has another year maybe two. What the hell can I do now? I have to say, the last two weeks have read like the first hundred pages of a cautionary doomsday novel, complete with an arrogant, heartless, greedy corporation bringing us to the brink of destruction. Who would have thought it could be something as old-world as oil, and not say, genetic engineering?

I could actually see the minds of science and technology around the world being marshaled to solve this problem: coming up with wild plans, and failing. I can see them, in desperation, even trying to nuke it, which will likely make the whole thing worse.

I can pay attention harder, but even if I do, what can I do about it anyway? I can vote against the conservatives in the next election. I had been doing that already for twenty years, maybe they'll finally go down wholesale this time. Unfortunately, people in this country hardened their hearts and heads starting in 1980. De-regulated capitalism needed a crisis in faith to falter. I hope it hasn't happened at the cost of the human species.

I guess I can wonder if Hollywood is going to complete their blockbuster movie about this before the world ends.