Geological Events Show the Difference Between Predicaments and Problems
Ludington North Breakwater Light
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The Dilemma and Conundrum of Predicaments
Little Glen Lake as seen from Little Glen Lake Picnic Area
A Plea to Scientists, Teachers, Influencers, and Politicians Everywhere
Clover Hollow Covered Bridge, Virginia
Exploring Acceptance
Seeing the forest through the trees can be difficult; this is the Section Eight Woods in the Cache River Wetlands in Southern Illinois
What's a Hyperobject and Why Can't We Control Them?
Playhouse (for the landowners' grandchildren) in Jonesboro, Illinois Four of my articles over the past couple of years are part of a four-part series titled, " So, What Should We Do? " The first three articles were written, one after the other, back in 2021 after I discovered our lack of free will which condemns us to make choices based upon our biological (see the Maximum Power Principle ) and cultural conditioning (see this article ). This led me to realize that we truly lack agency to be able to control hyperobjects such as nature, climate change, ecological overshoot , the biosphere, etc. Not only is the predicament of overshoot too difficult for most people to grasp, many people unfortunately place it in the category of problems (with answers or solutions) rather than predicaments (with outcomes). Attempting to reduce issues seen as problems tends to turn those issues into bigger problems and/or predicaments. Often this is due to those working on these issues ...
Conservation, Saving Species, Fighting Climate Change, and Rebelling Against Extinction
Gazebo in Jonesboro, Illinois
Rationalizing, Storytelling, and Narrative-Generating Apes
Falling Spring Falls, Falling Spring, Virginia
What Are Self-Sufficient Communities and Why Are They More Hype Than Substance?
Some selected images from Pike Lake State Park
The Climate Crisis, Localization, and Collapse
Louisville, Kentucky skyline as seen from the Big Four Bridge at Waterfront Park
