Lol… “technology will save the planet”
Maybe what we needed was a classical and humanities education all along so that people would not abuse available technologies to their worst possible end because more people might have been aware of the outcomes of such behaviour. C’est la vie. Fires have a warm glow, at least.
it's not to late to change education and teach people how to be compassionate and care for others and the world. that's really the most important change. everything else (including fixing climate change) will follow.
I agree. But as I get older, I wonder if the will exists or can yet exist. I’ve seen pockets, at a distance.
And the horror movie moral trope of trauma unaddressed or unidentified begets trauma is all too true, and even if the will exists outside of those pockets the people can be ill equipped to deliver that education without help.
And any effort to install some kind of help is regularly short-circuited by various measures—intentionally or otherwise.
Edit: I don’t mean to imply hopelessness. I mean, I still pull myself in here to comment. But it is the reality for some.