Cognitive dissonance is two headlines days apart:

Today was the warmest day on earth in 125,000 years.

Today was the day with the most planes in the air at one time ever in history.

We need the spaces of quiet and depth where people can take in the implications.

@bethsawin thinking: money can help secure space for consciousness but it is a medium not the object

related: what if people living precariously without shelter were rewarded and offered health, education and security as low consumption heroes?

@bethsawin I suspect that people don’t want to see. Increased noise and speed of life drowns out dissonance.
@bethsawin Berardi wrote something in similar fashion (about the internet), information(s) can be accelerated, (their) meaning on the other hand takes time