Beyond One Point Five
Cuger Brant
- How
- do
- you
- feel
- about
- the
- future?
Do
- you
- think
- humanity
- as
- a
- whole
- has
- one?
There
- is
- a
- new
- psychological
- condition
- spreading
- over
- the
- populace
- called
- eco-anxiety.
It
- is
- a
- fairly
- recent
- psychological
- disorder
- afflicting
- an
- increasing
- number
- of
- individuals
- who
- worry
- about
- the
- environmental
- crisis.
It's
- an
- understandable
- reaction
- to
- one's
- growing
- awareness
- of
- climate
- change
- and
- the
- global
- problems
- that
- result
- from
- damage
- to
- the
- ecosystem.
When
- the
- media's
- messiah
- on
- climate
- change
- rather
- conceitedly
- said,
- 'how
- dare
- you,
- you
- have
- ruined
- my
- childhood'
- to
- those
- simple
- enough
- to
- listen
- I
- wondered
- what
- her
- state
- of
- affairs
- was;
- a
- well-off
- family,
- in
- a
- comfortable,
- stable
- household,
- never
- for
- want
- of
- a
- good
- meal,
- hot
- bath,
- or
- needful
- things.
Then
- I
- thought
- of
- my
- childhood
- with
- the
- threat
- of
- nuclear
- war
- hanging
- over
- all
- of
- humanity's
- heads
- like
- the
- sword
- of
- Damocles.
- And
- my
- father's
- time
- in
- the
- Second
- World
- War
- and
- his
- father's
- time,
- when
- a
- Flu
- pandemic
- was
- sweeping
- the
- planet,
- causing
- the
- death
- of
- millions.
You
- see,
- life
- has
- no
- guarantees,
- no
- 'set
- in
- stone'
- receipts
- for
- a
- good,
- healthy,
- happy
- life.
But
- whatever
- you
- think
- or
- believe,
- one
- thing
- is
- certain,
- it
- is
- going
- to
- get
- hot,
- it
- is
- going
- to
- get
- very
- hot.
And
- that
- will
- be
- a
- problem
- for
- everybody
- on
- the planet.
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