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Cognitive dissonance

The New Green Revolution, a.k.a. The Grand Transition to… ?? – Part I

August 6, 2019 by Tad Patzek

How naive it is to think than the “New Green Deal” will allow us to continue our current lifestyles, just by other greener means. This, my friends in the developed, power and resource hogging countries is impossible.

Categories Energy, Energy featured, Environment Tags Cognitive dissonance, limits to growth, science 1 Comment

Social Inertia in the face of Climate Change

December 15, 2020November 18, 2013 by Roger Boyd

Why is it that human civilization has been unable to take the steps required to forestall the devastating consequences of climate change, which may even include societal collapse, when faced with a scientific consensus that it is a very real phenomenon and requires urgent action?

Categories Society Tags climate change, Cognitive dissonance, Discourse, Power, Worldview Leave a comment

Don’t Trust Your Stone Age Brain: It’s Unsustainable

December 15, 2020May 17, 2013 by Helen Camakaris

Humans have evolved to feel a single sense of self, but our emotional brain is encouraging us to pursue perceived self-interest even if it means trashing the planet, leaving our rational brain to try and justify our actions. Why are our intuitions so poor, and how might we engage rational thinking?

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