>> I think the thing that I like the most about that, and other solar punk examples, is that they show the future doesn't have to be a scary dangerous place, that there is hope. <<
Exactly. The scene is beautiful, the tone is hopeful, and it actually shows a lot of concrete things that people could be doing if they prefer to move in that direction than the one the world is headed. And what if everyone did that? We'd actually solve climate change and the ecological crisis to the extent possible with the technology we have or could invent along the way. Not completely, but enough to make something very similar to that scenario.
>> That's something important to hold onto when you're staring down the barrel of climate change apocalypse and on the wrong side of 55 in age. <<
Sooth. Climate despair is a serious problem; envisioning a hopeful future with concrete steps is a good coping method. It's especially crucial because choices of diet, career, lifestyle, and peer group are things individuals can usually sway without needing to budge an indifferent government.
>> (I'm too freaking old to find the idea of a Mad Max style future appealing.) <<
Yeah, it's not good. There have been roving road militias for years in many countries, but now we have actual gasoline thieves in a few places. 0_o
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Date: 2024-10-17 05:35 pm (UTC)Exactly. The scene is beautiful, the tone is hopeful, and it actually shows a lot of concrete things that people could be doing if they prefer to move in that direction than the one the world is headed. And what if everyone did that? We'd actually solve climate change and the ecological crisis to the extent possible with the technology we have or could invent along the way. Not completely, but enough to make something very similar to that scenario.
>> That's something important to hold onto when you're staring down the barrel of climate change apocalypse and on the wrong side of 55 in age. <<
Sooth. Climate despair is a serious problem; envisioning a hopeful future with concrete steps is a good coping method. It's especially crucial because choices of diet, career, lifestyle, and peer group are things individuals can usually sway without needing to budge an indifferent government.
>> (I'm too freaking old to find the idea of a Mad Max style future appealing.) <<
Yeah, it's not good. There have been roving road militias for years in many countries, but now we have actual gasoline thieves in a few places. 0_o