"In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged [...] The poorest are those who suffer most from such offenses, for three serious reasons: they are cast off by society, forced to live off what is discarded and suffer unjustly from the abuse of the environment. They are part of today’s widespread and quietly growing 'culture of waste.'" #PopeInNYC
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EXTINCTION AS USUAL?: GEO-SOCIAL FUTURES AND LEFT OPTIMISM
The idea of the good Anthropocene is based on afundamental misreading of science. It arises from thefailure to make the cognitive leap from ecological thinking—the science of the relationship between organisms andtheir local environments—to Earth system thinking, thescience of the Whole Earth as a complex system beyond thesum of its parts.
The idea of the good Anthropocene is based on afundamental misreading of science. It arises from thefailure to make the cognitive leap from ecological thinking—the science of the relationship between organisms andtheir local environments—to Earth system thinking, thescience of the Whole Earth as a complex system beyond thesum of its parts.
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