It’s not all bad

There was some good news in 2021

Perhaps reading these will ameliorate the sense of doom…

Intelligent Optimism. This is the idea that if we seek out and share stories of human progress we inspire hope for a better future. Why do we care about it? Because we believe that to transform doom the antidote is hope, and to create hope we need to see it, read about it, and acknowledge that there are good things and good people in the world.

At the same time, we also know that our climate future is genuinely scary and that in other parts of the world people are recovering from fires, floods, earthquakes

things can be bad, and getting better

Collapse, Renewal and the knowledge that what you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Is this just delusional/wishful thinking? Or propaganda to keep the people from revolution? Or will it bend the curve up at least ever so slightly…?

It did make me feel better to read, so there’s that at least