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| '''[[We]] stand on the [[Long collective history|bones of a thousand generations]] past only to look up to an [[Fermi Paradox|empty sky]]. The [[machines]] we fear are already here, only we haven't noticed them yet. Standing on a [[Ecological crisis|burning planet]], we are [[framing]] the issue by selling each other transhumanism, [[Electric Vehicles|electric vehicles]] and [[Escape to space|tickets]] [[Escape to space|to Mars]]. We need systemic change, not undue focus on individual action. The only way forward is to cut through the [[disinformation]], critically assess ourselves and realise the solution cannot be bought off a shelf. Collectively we need to think of new alternatives; this evolving wiki, [[BurnZero:About|BurnZero]], is dedicated to that search. By using [[Shock|different modes of thought]] we might find the root cause and establish a new parallel system from within the old. If you would like to comment or get involved join us on [https://www.reddit.com/r/burnzero/ <nowiki>https://www.reddi</nowiki>t.com/r/burnzero/]'''
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| We have been failed by the adaptive genes and culture which have kept us safe through time. [[Technological pacification|Pacified by our own innovation]], some romanticize that our issues come from a single source, a hooded villain or someone stroking a white cat but our problems are [[emergent]] of a complex system. Resolving our issues is outside of an individual's capability, so we look to our representatives for answers. But upon closer examination we find that they have been [[Political transparency|captured]] by a system of lobbying and [[bad science]]. ''So where can we turn?''
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| [[Cognitive biases]] reinforce the idea that we see objectively, however, we know our perceptions are deeply flawed. Evolution has shaped our minds to respond to problems faced by our distant ancestors and coded ancient mental shortcuts ([[Heuristics|heuri]][[Heuristics|stics]]) which are now getting in the way of progress. We need to better see our tinted spectacles to subtract the distortions they cause:
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| ==== Conscious ====
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| * [https://burnzero.com/Climate_crisis_apathy '''Logical fallacies'''] - a list of logical arguments which have not been fully thought through.
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| * [https://burnzero.com/Conscientious_pacifism '''Conscientious pacifism'''] - even though, logic says we are in a crisis people still do nothing.
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| *[https://burnzero.com/Binary_versus_analogue '''Binary versus analogue'''] - there are two ways of perceiving the universe.
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| * '''[https://burnzero.com/Curse_of_Sisyphus Curse of Sisyphus]''' - the ability through story telling to enable us to amuse ourselves to death.
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| ==== Unconscious ====
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| *'''[https://burnzero.com/Psychopharmacology Psychopharmacology] -''' even food can bias our decisions.
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| *[https://burnzero.com/Jevons_Paradox '''Jevons Paradox'''] - a thought paradox which argues [https://burnzero.com/Ecomodernism techno-optimism] pacification.
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| ==== Cultural ====
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| *[[Popular delusions|'''Popular Delusions''']] - memetically transmitted ideas amongst the masses.
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| *[https://burnzero.com/Relativity_of_ethics '''Relativity of ethics'''] and [https://burnzero.com/Paradox_of_Tolerance '''extent of ethics'''] - in a tolerant society how tolerant are you of intolerance?
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| Whilst these issues have been known for some time now, to adapt to them requires us to be able to change how we think which is extremely difficult<ref>'''Denying to the grave''': Dr. Sara E. Gorman, Jack M. Gorman Publisher: Oxford University Press, Year: 2017.</ref>. Whilst this is easier for the younger generation, for those over 30 as [[neuroplasticity]] starts to decline<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392917/ '''Changes in plasticity across the lifespan: cause of disease and target for intervention''']. Oberman L, Pascual-Leone A. ''Prog Brain Res''. 2013;207:91-120. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63327-9.00016-3 Cause of disease and target for intervention. Accessed on 3rd March 2022.</ref>. To achieve the change we need in time, [[Best learning technique|traditional learning]] is to slow a process, a [[shock]] to the system is needed to quicken understanding. When understanding becomes inherent, certain aspects become more prominent:
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| * Expecting infinite growth is not sustainable in a [[closed system]].
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| * [[corporate|Corporate]] entities are the most dominant organisations on earth and are hard to distinguish from our government due to [[state capture]]. Corporates can be full of well intentioned people but as a collective, they have been shown to take limited responsibility for the [[externalities]] they create. This has resulted in 100 corporations causing 71% of industrial emissions<ref>'''Carbon Majors Report''' - published 2020, accessed 25<sup>th</sup> January 2022 via: https://climateaccountability.org/carbonmajors.html</ref>. This has indirectly led to a system where rich nations are responsible for 92% of global emissions<ref>'''Quantifying national responsibility for climate breakdown''': an equality-based attribution approach for carbon dioxide emissions in excess of the planetary boundary, published in The Lancet Planetary Health on September 2020. Accessed on 4<sup>th</sup> February 2022 via https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519620301960 .</ref>, and mass [[inequality]] where the richest 1% of the world [[Population growth|population]] are responsible for double the pollution produced by the poorest 50%<ref>'''Confronting Carbon Inequality''' - Stockholm Environment Institute published on 21<sup>st</sup> September 2020. Accessed on 4<sup>th</sup> February 2022 via this link:https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/621052/mb-confronting-carbon-inequality-210920-en.pdf</ref>.
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| *[[Hoarding excessive wealth is a mental illness]] - whilst murders get put in jail for individual murders, a billionaire is celebrated for profiteering on a dying planet gets tax breaks. 69% of us own less than 3% of earth's wealth the ''poorest'' out number the ''wealthiest'' by 150 to 1.
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| These issues are [[emergent]] of our system as we are bound in our commonality of the pursuit of profit. We have been tolerant thus far however it has its [[Paradox of Tolerance|extent]]. We need to unite in a stronger commonality, we are all standing inside of a bubble hurtling through the vacuum of space and as of yet, we do not have the technology to vent our waste into space<ref>'''Jeff Bezos comment''' on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2021, source:https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22587249/jeff-bezos-space-pollution-industry-sacrifice-zone-amazon-environmental-justice</ref>. Given our short [[Ecological Crisis Timeline|timeline]], we can die [[Climate crisis apathy|apathetically]] or come together in the understanding of our own shortcomings and write a incorporation heuristic ([[tenet|'''tenet''')]] to in order to make something different.
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