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Three words to galvanize our species and save the world
I steal all my best ideas from people who are smarter or more insightful than I am. All too often, I forget who I’ve stolen the ideas from. In this case, I remember and want to give credit before I forget.
So, thank you, Douglas Rushkoff, for the slogan that I’m stealing. You introduced me to the phrase “find the others” in your book Team Human. I can’t recall, but I think YOU attributed that phrase to someone else. So, thanks to that other person, too!
Let’s Protest to Build A Movement
The world, and everyone on it, is in serous danger right now. This is because the climate is being actively destroyed by a handful of (allegedly) powerful fools who are extracting fossil fuels and poisoning the air, oceans and soil — for personal profit. These fools include Middle East dictators, egomaniacs like Putin, and the billionaires who dominate Western governments — by funding politicians.
I identify these people as fools and not, say, evil geniuses, because they aren’t very smart — most were born to wealth and power — and they are, ultimately, living empty useless lives in search of an ongoing adrenaline rush. Their own offspring will hate them for destroying the biosphere and dooming their children and grandchildren to a lifetime of struggle and…
