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'''8 billion people living in a culture of infinite growth on a finite planet is causing some problems.''' As the [[Machines|machine]] mindlessly forges on, the first crises are precipitating into everyone's everyday lives. Plastics in our oceans, wildfires and floods on our land and forever chemicals in our waterways. As the machine doesn't account for [[externalities]], [[Ecological crisis|ecological]] devastation for the benefit of a few has driven despair and [[inequality]] for the rest of us. As our politics are [[Capture|captured]], we have nowhere to turn apart from escapism but as the inescapable heat rises we turn our surrogate parents, our doctors, psychiatrists and therapists as a last resort. But as Huxley prophesied our last line cannot fix a broken system but can only serve to pacificy our pain. Instead of rallying to the inadequacy of the system, billions escape through infinite entertainment or pacified by medication.
[[File:Escapism.png|alt=Escapism|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Endogenous and Exogenous pacification.]]
'''Eight billion people living within a culture of infinite growth on a finite planet is creating serious problems.''' As the [[Machines|machine]] mindlessly forges ahead, its first crises are now hitting our daily lives: plastics choking our oceans, wildfires and floods ravaging our lands, and forever chemicals contaminating our waterways.  
 
The machine, oblivious to [[externalities]], fuels [[Ecological crisis|ecological]] devastation that benefits the few while driving despair and inequality for the rest. With politics captured, where do we find solutions? In desperation, many seek escape into infinite distraction, but as the heat is inescapable, we turn to doctors, psychiatrists, and therapists as a last resort. Yet, as Huxley foretold, our final line of defense can’t fix a broken system; it can only numb the pain.
 
We need to transcend the ancient [[heuristics]] which are being [[Dark Patterns|taken advantage of]], form better collectives, rewire our minds and step bravely forward into a new world. We have the solutions to fix this, we just don't yet have the systems to implement them.
 
'''<u>Let’s build those systems.</u>'''

Latest revision as of 01:00, 26 August 2024

Escapism
Figure 1. Endogenous and Exogenous pacification.

Eight billion people living within a culture of infinite growth on a finite planet is creating serious problems. As the machine mindlessly forges ahead, its first crises are now hitting our daily lives: plastics choking our oceans, wildfires and floods ravaging our lands, and forever chemicals contaminating our waterways.

The machine, oblivious to externalities, fuels ecological devastation that benefits the few while driving despair and inequality for the rest. With politics captured, where do we find solutions? In desperation, many seek escape into infinite distraction, but as the heat is inescapable, we turn to doctors, psychiatrists, and therapists as a last resort. Yet, as Huxley foretold, our final line of defense can’t fix a broken system; it can only numb the pain.

We need to transcend the ancient heuristics which are being taken advantage of, form better collectives, rewire our minds and step bravely forward into a new world. We have the solutions to fix this, we just don't yet have the systems to implement them.

Let’s build those systems.

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