Bᴬᴿᴼᴺ Vᴼᴺ Wᵁᴺᴰᴵᴮᴬᴿ

I've been in reposed reading heaven all day. Still laying here doing it (but need to whip up food and laundry). I reread Kingsnorth's, #DarkEcology essay I shared yesterday (still good 😊). I then determinedly set in to read all the comments on it. I tried that once before but never finished. Still only halfway. Volume!

Wow. If there is an exception to "don't read the comments", that article is it. Smart people there. Scholars. Devotees. Consensus has PK right: the end's coming. We must accept.

Jul 16, 2017 at 6:07pmWeb
Show threadBᴬᴿᴼᴺ Vᴼᴺ WᵁᴺᴰᴵᴮᴬᴿJul 16, 2017
Conversation turns to futures of completely alternate invention. Complete throw-out of culture as we know it. Views differ as to whether technology plays a role anymore. But most agree there's not much point speculating because society as we know it will be swept away in horrible fashion. Our species will be lucky if any humans survive at all. You start seeing this consensus shape up by around 12 January 2013. Looking forward to the next half.
Show threadBᴬᴿᴼᴺ Vᴼᴺ WᵁᴺᴰᴵᴮᴬᴿJul 17, 2017

Whew... Finally done reading that entire #DarkEcology thread. Pretty much enjoyed it like a half-decent book.

But I am grateful to Orion Magazine for closing comments on it, 24 April 2014 — 2 years and a quarter later.

Think locally, not globally. Give up digital. Live light. Consume less. Commune with nature. Learn how to be at peace. Don't procreate anymore (or at all if you haven't started). This is all we can feasibly do anymore. The collapse is already coming.

Show threadBᴬᴿᴼᴺ Vᴼᴺ WᵁᴺᴰᴵᴮᴬᴿJul 17, 2017

Check out the Dark Mountain project, a community Kingsnorth founded. It's a kind of creative think tank for dark ecologists.

http://dark-mountain.net/

I really like this idea, and would like to get my foot in the door with something similar. It doesn't have to be Dark Mountain, but the idea is what's important.