collapse of the old society

Article highlights the confluence of the breakdown of consensus reality, get rich quick AI generated spam, and increasing xenophobia.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jiec.13442

Cross posted from: https://links.hackliberty.org/post/2260127

CBT’s strength is its ability to help people sort through their thoughts and figure out where their perception may have become distorted, and what feelings and actions stem from that.

But this doesn’t work for eco-anxiety because climate distress is inherently logical. It comes from a place of empathy for others and a world that they recognize is “in really big trouble,” Davenport says.

Micro- and nano-scopic sized pieces of plastic people use everyday can eventually find its way into the most unlikely of places, even in the plaque of clogged arteries of cardiac patients, a recent study found.

"If microplastics might be promoting coronary disease, you might not be able to avoid ingesting the microplastics, because they're everywhere, but you can sure do the other things. You can keep your blood pressure low. You can exercise. You can get your cholesterol measured," Gerber said.

"The long-lasting and devastating impacts of invasive species reduce climate change resilience by altering ecosystem structure and function,"

Invasive species spread more widely with climate change and in the case of the pine beetle, create their own feedback loops, accelerating climate change by destroying forests.

"Lacing pesticides with forever chemicals is likely burdening the next generation with more chronic diseases and impossible cleanup responsibilities."