What if Thomas Homer-Dixon is correct about his assertion here?
So by 2068, warming of at least 2 degrees is virtually assured— indeed, we’re likely to pass that threshold by 2050— and we could easily be on course for 3 or 4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century without a radical shift in our sources of energy and ways of life.
Distance produces a something that is neither in the subject nor the object, but in what arises between them, and it is intrinsically melancholic.
Such an escape from reality is also, of course, an escape from responsibility. In this the Germans are not alone; all the peoples of Western Europe have developed the habit of blaming their misfortunes on some force out of their reach: it may be America and the Atlantic Pact today, the legacy of Nazi occupation tomorrow, and history in general every day of the week.
In my opinion, intuition is our most valuable compass in this world. It is the bridge between the unconscious and the conscious mind, and it is hugely important to keep in touch with what makes it tick.
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