Metacrisis: Getting Honest About the Human Predicament | Art Berman
Metacrisis: Getting Honest About the Human Predicament | Art Berman
The world is in metacrisis. That means that many crises are occurring simultaneously and affecting one another. This calls for rethinking the nature of problem-solving. Root causes should be identified rather than merely treating their symptoms. Traditionally, problems have been tackled in isolation...
Climate change is a narrow view that looks only at one part of the whole.
I would not call that honest. Climate change is a big deal and is not a religion which demands that one acknowledge no other gods. It deserves a spot in that top-level list of big problems, whether or not "it's delusional" to think we'll do anything about it.
The top level issue is overshoot (of the global ecosystem carrying capacity), and the climate catastrophe is but one facet of it.