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How close did Vladimir Putin
bring us to nuclear war?
What is the salient lesson
from our pandemic?
Can we prevent
(the worst of) Climate Change?
Such questions (however daunting) beg
that we do what is in our collective power to do
Pandemic, (Nuclear?) War, Climate Change
Could be that since writing this newsletter, Vladimir Putin has used a nuclear weapon on somebody. That would sure put two-plus years of “mild” pandemic into perspective. Or else could be some string of events has escalated us into war with Russia – not “merely” supporting Ukraine’s war against Russia. This also would be a huge counterpoint to our pandemic experience. Indeed, even if Russia’s aggression “only” unfolds in Ukraine, what does that say about our chances of addressing something like Climate Change?
Assume nuclear confrontation hasn’t happened and its prospect is just a scary reminder. Assume that we are substantially past the Covid19 pandemic and are better aligned to address an inevitable next pandemic. Let’s assume we’ve learned such a pandemic lesson. Assume we can now prime ourselves appropriately to address Climate Change.
Can we upgrade our catastrophe-averting behavior? Can we address the existential threat of Climate Change like it’s a next pandemic multiplied by 100? Can we mobilize against Climate Change as if the nightmare it would create were analogous to adapting to the toll of nuclear bombs dropped? Building a worldwide commitment to averting Climate Change may be easier than assuring that crazy people won’t press nuclear war buttons. It may be the all-around most enlightened thing that everybody in the world can do.
If we upgrade our dribs and drabs efforts into top to bottom, inside and out, now onward commitment, we can keep what is already happening from getting too dismantlingly bad. We can even reverse what our behavior, what OUR heedless behavior, has wrought.
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