Danny Heim
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Below is a blog I've written called Evolve Now. It's long, 7000 words. But you may find it interesting. It's radical, very radical, but so are our times. It discusses climate change as a global emergency. It is geared towards liberals, asking them to wake up. Below is one of the chapters if you just want a short read. Respond however you wish. I apologize to the respondants of the initial thread and that this is this threads second run, but I felt it needed the following insert and a better start. It's not easy to post a blog, and this one is still in it's editing stage, it's a first draft. But, I'm tired and am just having to push forward. I spent 18 years at war with this topic, with this paper I am done. So, here it is.
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Doesn’t that sound sweet - the New World? Yes it does, but I’m sorry; the coming new world is not going to be a Utopia. In fact, it is going to be a bit of hell. Oh sure, we’ll have to think different, and new thinking is exciting. That is, until you are forced into new thinking. What I’m talking about here is not some utopian brand of a New Age la la land. This is about no ideology whatsoever. It’s about saving our ***; nothing more. So if you are reading this paper for an easy answer, put it down. And if you read on anyway, then have your hammer and shovel ready when you are done. I’m sorry, I would like it to be utopia myself; I truly would. In fact, most of the years I’ve been an activist that was my thinking. And it still is, however, before utopia can arrive, we’ll have to be breathing. Let’s get that done first.
To get started, we’ll first have to do some stopping. The first thing that has to stop is the attention given to economic growth. I am saying we are in a condition beyond economics, and as of late, government policy as well. It's going to hurt, no way around it. To reshape the infrastructure of the world will make money meaningless and to a large extent government also; it's simply something that will have to get done. Humans will do this one, not the market, and not government policy.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not attacking democracy or the free market. But it just so happens that the free market principle only works if there is a steady 3% growth rate of the GDP. That’s great except a growth rate means production, and production means pollution. Well, if we were going to be the generation of humans that had an abrupt evolution and decided to save itself from extinction, then we are not going to do it with our eyes focused on Wall Street. We won’t lightly dance our way out of this one by adjusting the interest rate, or even by new programs for new energy for new jobs. There will be no ideology trying to rule the world, just billions of people searching for a place to grow food and find shelter. If you think this is not going to happen and happen quick better think again. Because it’s already happening now. We are already in danger of losing many habitats for food, both natural and controlled. From fisheries to farm ground, loss of biodiversity, destruction of coral reefs, acidification of the ocean. All these and more are happening now.
These sorts of changes to our natural world are going to cause us to react unnaturally. At least in terms of what we’ve gotten used to in our economic, political, cultural and social paradigms. Money will be useless in our pursuit of change. So we may as well plan on doing away with it. There will not be enough money to rebuild the world; we’ll just have to do it for free because we’ll die if we don’t. The same goes for our political systems as they are now, they can’t help us anymore. When you are running from a train hauling down on your ***, you don’t wait for an act of congress or a new stimulus package to jump off the tracks, you just jump. Jump in this case means coming forward and saying to humanity, “What can I do to help?”
And you’d better get used to the idea of having no real structure in your life. You’ll be working all day and sleeping and eating with your work mates. Remember the Pyramids? They all worked to make them, everyone one in town had to go and haul rock. We are there again, but his time it is not out of the choice of any human or human entity, the choice is coming from too much heat, it’s that simple. Turn your heating system up on an 80 degree day; turn it all the way up. Then wait and see how long you’ll sit there waiting for someone else to tell you to turn it down. You won’t, instead you will get up and do it your self; the heat will make you do it. And that is what is coming at you my friends, HEAT.
More stopping
Are you getting it? We have to stop right now! We have to stop doing what it is we do. And that is, produce. NO MORE PRODUCTION!! Except for that which will keep us in food, water and shelter and able to work at making our new world. The next 3 to 4 generations will be like none other in human history. They will be sacrifice generations. They will be the hands that got the job done. And if they are not that, then it is very possible that there will be no more generations to compare to and past generations will be forgotten because no one will be here to remember them.
Me and You
We have to stop with ideologies. They have been fun, but the fun is over. If you are a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Pagan, whatever; then you’ll have to leave it at the door. If you are a conservative, a liberal, a democrat or republican, an atheist, an agnostic, egalitarian, totalitarian, evolutionist, creationist, pro life or pro choice, gay or straight, no matter what your ideology is, you will have to leave it at the door and pick up your tools. You will work along side your enemies, or risk extinction.
These next few decades will be all about stopping. We can’t start the new unless we stop the old. Actually, we won’t be starting the new; we’ll just be arresting the old until the new that works is found. In the mean time, we’ll need housing, food, water and clothing. Preparing for that eventuality will take the first two or three decades of the next ten. Just getting ready to get ready will take years. Don’t worry if you are over 50 right now in 2010. Most likely you will not have to hammer and shovel, your kids will, but you grandmas and grandpas won’t. We will need your wisdom, your patience and your influence. Most of all, we will need you to be alarmists. We will need you to shout out the coming peril. The whole lot of you a bunch of John the Baptists, that’s what we need.
These first few decades will be the hardest to pull off. In fact, the initial acceptance of our demise is the first task to accomplish, and the most difficult. For that we will need everyone to study up and learn about climate change and its true realities. I know, we aren’t even close to that right now, but we have to try. Remember, we have only 100 years to get 80 years worth of work done. And that is if all goes well. There is absolutely no time to waste.
Evolve Now | Evolve Now
Chapter 4
The New World
Doesn’t that sound sweet - the New World? Yes it does, but I’m sorry; the coming new world is not going to be a Utopia. In fact, it is going to be a bit of hell. Oh sure, we’ll have to think different, and new thinking is exciting. That is, until you are forced into new thinking. What I’m talking about here is not some utopian brand of a New Age la la land. This is about no ideology whatsoever. It’s about saving our ***; nothing more. So if you are reading this paper for an easy answer, put it down. And if you read on anyway, then have your hammer and shovel ready when you are done. I’m sorry, I would like it to be utopia myself; I truly would. In fact, most of the years I’ve been an activist that was my thinking. And it still is, however, before utopia can arrive, we’ll have to be breathing. Let’s get that done first.
To get started, we’ll first have to do some stopping. The first thing that has to stop is the attention given to economic growth. I am saying we are in a condition beyond economics, and as of late, government policy as well. It's going to hurt, no way around it. To reshape the infrastructure of the world will make money meaningless and to a large extent government also; it's simply something that will have to get done. Humans will do this one, not the market, and not government policy.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not attacking democracy or the free market. But it just so happens that the free market principle only works if there is a steady 3% growth rate of the GDP. That’s great except a growth rate means production, and production means pollution. Well, if we were going to be the generation of humans that had an abrupt evolution and decided to save itself from extinction, then we are not going to do it with our eyes focused on Wall Street. We won’t lightly dance our way out of this one by adjusting the interest rate, or even by new programs for new energy for new jobs. There will be no ideology trying to rule the world, just billions of people searching for a place to grow food and find shelter. If you think this is not going to happen and happen quick better think again. Because it’s already happening now. We are already in danger of losing many habitats for food, both natural and controlled. From fisheries to farm ground, loss of biodiversity, destruction of coral reefs, acidification of the ocean. All these and more are happening now.
These sorts of changes to our natural world are going to cause us to react unnaturally. At least in terms of what we’ve gotten used to in our economic, political, cultural and social paradigms. Money will be useless in our pursuit of change. So we may as well plan on doing away with it. There will not be enough money to rebuild the world; we’ll just have to do it for free because we’ll die if we don’t. The same goes for our political systems as they are now, they can’t help us anymore. When you are running from a train hauling down on your ***, you don’t wait for an act of congress or a new stimulus package to jump off the tracks, you just jump. Jump in this case means coming forward and saying to humanity, “What can I do to help?”
And you’d better get used to the idea of having no real structure in your life. You’ll be working all day and sleeping and eating with your work mates. Remember the Pyramids? They all worked to make them, everyone one in town had to go and haul rock. We are there again, but his time it is not out of the choice of any human or human entity, the choice is coming from too much heat, it’s that simple. Turn your heating system up on an 80 degree day; turn it all the way up. Then wait and see how long you’ll sit there waiting for someone else to tell you to turn it down. You won’t, instead you will get up and do it your self; the heat will make you do it. And that is what is coming at you my friends, HEAT.
More stopping
Are you getting it? We have to stop right now! We have to stop doing what it is we do. And that is, produce. NO MORE PRODUCTION!! Except for that which will keep us in food, water and shelter and able to work at making our new world. The next 3 to 4 generations will be like none other in human history. They will be sacrifice generations. They will be the hands that got the job done. And if they are not that, then it is very possible that there will be no more generations to compare to and past generations will be forgotten because no one will be here to remember them.
Me and You
We have to stop with ideologies. They have been fun, but the fun is over. If you are a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Pagan, whatever; then you’ll have to leave it at the door. If you are a conservative, a liberal, a democrat or republican, an atheist, an agnostic, egalitarian, totalitarian, evolutionist, creationist, pro life or pro choice, gay or straight, no matter what your ideology is, you will have to leave it at the door and pick up your tools. You will work along side your enemies, or risk extinction.
These next few decades will be all about stopping. We can’t start the new unless we stop the old. Actually, we won’t be starting the new; we’ll just be arresting the old until the new that works is found. In the mean time, we’ll need housing, food, water and clothing. Preparing for that eventuality will take the first two or three decades of the next ten. Just getting ready to get ready will take years. Don’t worry if you are over 50 right now in 2010. Most likely you will not have to hammer and shovel, your kids will, but you grandmas and grandpas won’t. We will need your wisdom, your patience and your influence. Most of all, we will need you to be alarmists. We will need you to shout out the coming peril. The whole lot of you a bunch of John the Baptists, that’s what we need.
These first few decades will be the hardest to pull off. In fact, the initial acceptance of our demise is the first task to accomplish, and the most difficult. For that we will need everyone to study up and learn about climate change and its true realities. I know, we aren’t even close to that right now, but we have to try. Remember, we have only 100 years to get 80 years worth of work done. And that is if all goes well. There is absolutely no time to waste.
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