What Would Sisyphus Do?

摘要

Doom and gloom may be unpopular, but it's better than banking on the bad faith hope of 'I have a pastoral dream.' Whether you frame it as the 'long emergency,' the 'great disruption,' the 'end of nature,' or 'collapse,' the facts leave little room for doubt. We are in the mix of the crisis, here and now. The gadflies, buzzing for decades 'do the right thing' to avoid climate catastrophe, are exhausted. Denial is the order of the day at the economic casino where those playing to win are still betting it all on exponential growth. What is worse, the shadow casters in higher education are failing to prepare the next generation of leaders for the wicked problems undermining the planet's life support systems. Ready to kill yourself? Do not do it, at least not until you have considered the Sisyphean alternative.