Thanks to quite a few for commenting on my dilemma - as an #Earth system scientist of 30 years and a lover of books, thought and poetry - of how to live with knowledge in a world of self-interested power structures, in an age of crisis, without becoming a cynic. I'll write some thoughts in upcoming days.

For now, a few pictures from a weekend walk in the landscapes of #Brandenburg, shaped by forces larger than us, the ice ages, and then re-shaped by us humans. Something to work with.

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