i heard a climate scientist on NPR today say that the co2 levels in our atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million. a level the planet has not experienced in over six million years. the news depressed me. i don't mean, like wow, bummer, kind of depression. i mean a flattening of emotion. a dead expression.
whence to comfort thine mind? i haven't a clue. the news is grim. on many fronts, not just on climate change. somethings are changing in our world. but to what?
i am an optimist by temperament. but i am pessimistic too. a happy pessimist is how the philosopher bertrand russell described himself. me too.
will we get our shit together? i have great doubt. but i have great faith in people.
the world is a beautiful place. life is such a gift.
we have, each of us, six, seven or eight decades on this planet.
how do you want to live?
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Hugs, Richard. I felt the same, still feel the same, too. Comfort? Don't know what it means. But life will go on til it won't, so ... hugs.
I often think of Gramsci's slogan: "Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will."
my love, and hugs, to you tom and to you john
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