![]() ![]() Why do I think that it is not possible to turn things around to preserve things roughly as they stand, and that even the third option just described is unlikely? Well it’s been clear for some time now that our economic, political and social systems are making our planet uninhabitable, and that successive governments have failed to address their ecology- and climate-wrecking effects. While number three strikes me as by far least likely. ![]() There is not much to be said about scenario one, beyond the acknowledgement that it is about the worst possible outcome imaginable. The third is that we will get our act together in time to turn things around and prevent civilizational collapse.The second is that we will manage to create a successor civilization to succeed the collapse of this one. ![]() The first is terminal decline leading to complete and utter social collapse.When we think about impending climate breakdown, there are three broad possibilities of what this could mean for us: Explain that claim and how you defend it in your work. He took time to talk with us about his work for the movement, his philosophical writings, and the role philosophy should play in addressing the challenge of global warming.Īs an advocate for Extinction Rebellion, you argue our current civilization is doomed. Philosopher Rupert Read is active in the climate change movement Extinction Rebellion, and has recently released a new book about his work there. ![]()
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