by From Ikonoclast (originally a comment) Comments are declining on this blog. People ARE hiding in their holes. Holes can be comfortably furnished. Just ask a hobbit. Of course, when the holes cease to be furnished and the supermarket shelves are empty then things get a little less comfortable. You will note I wrote, “Every well thought out effort at sustainability postpones catastrophe a little bit.” That is the essential nature of life in an existentialist sense: postponing catastrophe for a little while. “Life is suffering. Existence is limitation.” These are Buddhist concepts. “Every day above ground is a Pyrrhic victory”. That was an attempt at black humor, not original and perhaps it fell flat. I simply happen to think we need less cheer-leading and more realism. Over-optimism and
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from Ikonoclast (originally a comment)
Comments are declining on this blog. People ARE hiding in their holes. Holes can be comfortably furnished. Just ask a hobbit. Of course, when the holes cease to be furnished and the supermarket shelves are empty then things get a little less comfortable.
You will note I wrote, “Every well thought out effort at sustainability postpones catastrophe a little bit.” That is the essential nature of life in an existentialist sense: postponing catastrophe for a little while. “Life is suffering. Existence is limitation.” These are Buddhist concepts. “Every day above ground is a Pyrrhic victory”. That was an attempt at black humor, not original and perhaps it fell flat.
I simply happen to think we need less cheer-leading and more realism. Over-optimism and lack of hard-nosed realism have been our real problem all along, IMHO.