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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've recently begun reading about overshoot and collapse; it's heavy stuff, mostly void of hope, but I've found Michael Dowd's post-doom work (on YouTube) to be helpful for coming to terms with the breakdown of our ecosystem and civilization. I'm still in the grieving stage, but I've also become profoundly grateful for the life that I have today. Even if things don't completely fall apart in my lifetime, the world seems to be in a steady decline, and I anticipate that things will only get harder, not easier, in the years ahead.

I do what I can to make my tiny corner of the world a better place, but I know it's not making a measurable difference on a large scale. However, those same actions often bring me into connection with nature, nudge me off of the capitalist merry-go-round, and help me slow down and enjoy the time I've been given with the people I love... so they're not totally pointless efforts. :)[/quote]

God this is all nuts.  Sure you may be right.  In a million or so years or 20 million.  Or longer.  Things have never been better on earth ever than there are now for rich, average, and especially poor.  We are not near a breakdown of anything.  We need to do some things.  They will get done.  I understand people feel like we this is a bad time.  they need to look up as it is the opposite.

What decline do you see in the world? [/quote]

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