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In the world we live in, this understanding can make you feel dissociative I wake up everyday and watch almost every human being I interact with destroy our habitat is some way, directly or indirectly Even the conscious ones Even myself

question is, how do we facilitate a drastic reversal at the micro and macro stage? It all starts with oneself, but it almost feels like an impossible fight against 7 billion other humans?

Can a disease gain self awareness & understand that it’s tendencies are unsustainable? And if it can, does it fight itself? Does it transform itself?

Basically what I am asking, is what is our individual calling in this matter? How can we actually be effective? I know a lot of people who try to live sustainably but inevitably still leave a negative footprint We are our own worst enemy, and we are a scary enemy to have

individualism is definitely not the answer. great for understanding some aspects of the issue at hand and raising awareness, but essentially useless when you take impact and effectiveness into account. so, what do? well firstly i think we need to get rid of the mindset that...

...humans are the enemies. i dont think humans are evil, i think we have a global system with misaligned and damaging metrics for success, and harmful incentives that encourage the behaviour that propels that success. the game of economics essentially breeds sociopaths, not...

..because people are sociopaths, but because you need to be able to distance yourself from the suffering of others and be willing to take from others in order to win the rivalrous game. and ofc we want to win because we want to live in comfort and feed our families etc.

so our enemy is a bad metric of success that is being sustained by a very efficient algorithm that optimises not for wellbeing or sustainability, but whatever results in growth, and in doing so legitimises itself in a recursive matter. cray. but to the point: as long as this...