While a lot of people listening to Michael’s talks might get stuck on the part about how it’s too late to save the world, that part was really just the preface to his real message, which was that it’s not too late to love the world.
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Questions for the End of the World
I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat.
Collapse and the Stages of Grief
For many people, finding out about the inevitable collapse of civilization is like getting diagnosed with a terminal illness.
5 Reasons Not to Predict the End of the World
So you want to talk about the end of the world without sounding like a crank? Rule #1 should be: Don’t predict when it will happen.
Apocalypse Burnout
To a certain extent, the anxiety that we experience when contemplating the “end of the world as we know it”, is a function of privilege.
Voting Like It’s the End of the World: 5 Reasons I’m Not Voting for Biden (or Trump)
This is going to be an unpopular post. A few weeks ago, I announced on social media that I would not be voting for Biden and would instead be voting for the Green Party candidates, Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker. What followed was a firestorm of fury from my progressive friends and acquaintances. The responsesContinueContinue reading “Voting Like It’s the End of the World: 5 Reasons I’m Not Voting for Biden (or Trump)”
“Preparing for the end of the world as we know it” by the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Collective
“If we do not learn the lessons of our current system, nor learn to face its death in a generative way, then we might refuse to let it go when its time comes, holding on to it at any cost and possibly leading to further violence. What’s more, we might continue to repeat the mistakes of this system in the context of whatever comes after it.”
What Does “The End of the World” Mean?, by Roy Scranton
Apophatic Futurism: a commitment to a future existence which by definition cannot be described.
“Love at the End of Our World”: Post-Doom Interview with Michael Dowd
Michael and I talk about a post-doom perspective, living beyond both hope and despair, embracing death, mental health during collapse, and the power of gratitude and love.
“A Guide to the End of Civilization (in 6 simple maxims)” by Christopher Stanley
1. Civilization is not the World.
2. Civilization is just a story.
3. Someday humans will die.
4. The World is more important than humans.
5. The problem is self-correcting.
6. We are returning to right relationship with the World.
Another End of the World is Possible 