🧵 View Thread
🧵 Thread (16 tweets)
stage 1: denial, avoidance, numbing, joking... I don't want to think about it bc if I did it would probably be depressing bc we're probably fucked and there's nothing I can do about it anyway so get out of the way I'm trying to watch the footy mate
stage 2: rage/grief. I've seen how big the problem is, nobody is doing shit, everyone with more power than me is to blame. I don't know what piece of the puzzle is mine to solve so I choke/freeze/panic when I try to imagine doing something constructive but at least I can protest
stage 3: risking burnout. I know what piece is mine to work on, I'm fully engaged in constructive projects. but I can't see enough ppl taking action so I feel compelled to work at 3x my capacity. painfully oscillating between overwork & depression
stage 4: joyful & relaxed. I know my piece to work on & I'm in relationship with many other engaged peers working on theirs. I couldn’t imagine a more meaningful life. we have such deep support networks that civilisation could collapse and we'll still take care of each other
this is a developmental hierarchy I just invented so of course I put myself at the top 🤣 srsly though, this is what @micro_solid is about: getting people into regenerative communities of mutual aid & belonging to massproduce courage & hope for purposeful action 📈
there are lots of reasons to feel panicked & overwhelmed about climate change but really they're all surmountable https://t.co/ZpeVO4y7ei
@RichDecibels There’s some relation to this but I’ll think about it https://t.co/B96ClZg2cD
Been noodling on three dominant mindset traps folks get into as response to facing the chaos/ metacrises/uncertainty of the world and the dauntingness of the problems we face to solve (social, environmental, etc): nihilism, fanaticism, and technoutopianism
@RichDecibels @micro_solid the important thing is that you've found a way to feel superior to all three 👍👍👍 https://t.co/9311nERX3i
@RichDecibels I collect developmental axes / dimensions of growth https://t.co/YWeph6ek2b https://t.co/uQfbMz6Paw
