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We’re Saved! A Collection Of ‘Solution’ Critiques, Volume 1

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  It is with quite regular cadence that Steve publishes what are spectacular refutations to the constant stream of so-called "solutions" to the "problems" that society is suffering from. Unfortunately, if one actually does any real research, one will discover that none of these "problems" are being "solved" - they are all getting worse instead. Why is this?   One of the primary issues here is that none of the reductionist ideas proposed to "solve" said "problems" work holistically, meaning that only one or two qualities of each issue that is actually comprised of a multitude of parameters are targeted, leaving the rest of them untouched. Practically all of these "problems" are actually made worse through these so-called solutions, as Steve points out, through ecological destruction caused by the extraction of energy and resources in order to procure what is needed to build these "solutions."   Needless to s...

Anthropocentric Narratives and Bargaining

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The walkway down to Otsego Lake at Fairy Springs Park outside of Cooperstown, New York

Radical Acceptance, Part Two

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  The Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant

A Predicament With an Outcome

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Ludington Pumped Hydro Project with Lake Michigan in background

Reductionism Doesn't Work Holistically

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Manistee North Pier Lighthouse

Why Hope is Hopium

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  Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan

Popular Narratives That Do Not Hold Up Under Scrutiny

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  Pilot Mountain in North Carolina

Our Actual Reality - the Disappearance of Modernity

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Fog rising over a farm field in Virginia

More Bargaining and Hopium

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Trail at Beartree Recreation Area in Virginia

Cultural Programming - Who Will Stand Up For What's Right?

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  The view from Pretty Place Chapel , South Carolina

Exploring Deeper Acceptance

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  Wolf Creek Dam , Kentucky

What is Latent Heat of Fusion?

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  Artwork from Ken Avidor

Ignorance, Hubris, and Stupidity

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  Artwork from Ken Avidor

What Are The Most Popular Forms of Hopium?

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  Artwork by Ken Avidor