I don't hate human beings--I'm saying some kind of collapse is inevitable because the way we're living in radically unsustainable, and given the power of corporations and sociopaths, I think a smooth transition, via policy change, to a better, more peaceful, sustainable future without billions of premature human deaths is about as likely as Jesus coming to save us. So if a massive collapse is inevitable, then the least bad scenario is economic unraveling; next least bad is pandemic since likely some humans would survive and most likely it would have little impact on (most) other species. Environmental unraveling would be worst, except for nuclear conflagration which could wipe out all multicellular life and leave the planet radioactive for a long time.
As for Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, it influenced me too, and I think everyone should read it!
I don't hate human beings--I'm saying some kind of collapse is inevitable because the way we're living in radically unsustainable, and given the power of corporations and sociopaths, I think a smooth transition, via policy change, to a better, more peaceful, sustainable future without billions of premature human deaths is about as likely as Jesus coming to save us. So if a massive collapse is inevitable, then the least bad scenario is economic unraveling; next least bad is pandemic since likely some humans would survive and most likely it would have little impact on (most) other species. Environmental unraveling would be worst, except for nuclear conflagration which could wipe out all multicellular life and leave the planet radioactive for a long time.
As for Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, it influenced me too, and I think everyone should read it!