Don't Look on the Bright Side: Pessimism, Not Magical Thinking, Is What Will Save Us
It would take a miracle for our intractable problems to become tractable. Being in denial about that doesn't help anyone.
Whatever global threats scare you -- climate change, the Middle East, loose nukes, pandemics -- and whatever domestic issues haunt you -- failing schools, crumbling infrastructure, rising poverty, obesity -- the odds are that the honesty, discipline, resources and burden-sharing required for a happy ending will not, like Elijah, show up at our door. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
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