Toxic critters

Endemic pathogens

He gives a nice thumbnail of science before diving into the specifics

let’s zoom out and talk about the scientific process in more general terms.

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communicable infectious disease exposure may be causing noncommunicable chronic conditions much more than we think

There is plenty of research that demonstrates the link between infectious diseases and later health issues. For one example, new researchsolidifies the link between Epstein-Barr Virus (the virus that causes Mono) and the chronic, debilitating neurological condition known as Multiple Sclerosis. Yet, the average person, while often being a carrier, is not aware of these risks.

One idea largely anarchic to the current paradigm is that endemic pathogens cause issues as broad as cancer and schizophrenia. Oddly enough, the hypothesis that viral pathogens are neurodegenerative is increasingly grounded in evidence, yet, as a society, we’re still stuck to our idea that lifestyle correlations are entirely to blame. And yes, sure, while smoking may correlate with cancer, several herpes viruses, which two-thirds of us carry, induce tumors in animal species. Wellness fanatics flinch at people smoking, but have little to no insight into the herpes virus permanently lodged in their brain cells.

Climate change and potential societal collapse

Is adaptation possible?

Bendell defines “strategic denial” as the impulse to avoid admitting the likelihood of collapse “because people want to continue their striving … based in a rationale of maintaining self-identities related to espoused values.”

From Deep Adaptation 

The approach of the paper is to analyse recent studies on climate change and its implications for our ecosystems, economies and societies, as provided by academic journals and publications direct from research institutes.

That synthesis leads to my conclusion there will be a near-term collapse in society with serious ramifications for the lives of readers. The paper does not prove the inevitability of such collapse, which would involve further discussion of social, economic, political and cultural factors, but it proves that such a topic is of urgent importance. The paper reviews some of the reasons why collapse-denial may exist, in particular, in the professions of sustainability research and practice, therefore leading to these arguments having been absent from these fields until now.

The paper offers a new meta-framing of the implications for research, organisational practice, personal development and public policy, called the Deep Adaptation Agenda. Its key aspects of resilience, relinquishment, restoration and reconciliation are explained. This agenda does not seek to build on existing scholarship on “climate adaptation” as it is premised on the view that societal collapse is now likely, inevitable or already unfolding.

2020 demarcated the crossing of the point of no return…

2020 saw the infestation of coronavirus and the massive leadership failures in handling it, leaving us with mysteries of long COVID (probably substantial damage to T cells of billions, increasing cancers, decreased life span and quality of life…)

Distraction from the imminent threat of climate damage 

IPCC 6   shows that it’s bleak for climate 

We also see 2022 Russian/Ukraine thing with warmongering neocon ascension in the discourse, sanctions that kill the dollar’s status as global reserve.

Geological scale… “the world” will survive but there was a chance to create bountiful and flourishing lives for most instead of precarity 

I’m curious but won’t be able to find out if I’m correct in my forecast… I hope the optimists are right and I’m wrong 

Liberalism

What liberalism means and an argument against