{"id":63465,"date":"2022-09-07T06:12:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63465"},"modified":"2022-09-07T06:13:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:13:07","slug":"by-wis-dom-project-regress-in-progress-my-state-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63465","title":{"rendered":"By wis.dom project:\u00a0Regress in Progress: My state of\u00a0mind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By wis.dom project:\u00a0Regress in Progress: My state of\u00a0mind<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Dire Evolutionary Timeline by Blu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is an essay from reader\u00a0wis.dom project<\/a>\u00a0who describes his painful personal journey of connecting dots to achieve awareness of our overshoot predicament.<\/em><\/p>\n

I was born in 1969, at a time when everything still seemed possible. On July 20, two people walked on the moon, which is probably the greatest technological achievement of man to this day. In my youth, I devoured novels by Asimov, Clarke, Lem, Dick and Herbert. The galaxy\u2019s colonization seemed within reach.<\/p>\n

45 years later, I realized that I was a victim of mass hypnosis, what I refer to today as techno-utopia \u2013 a belief in the limitless human development, genius and almost divine uniqueness of Homo Sapiens. I realized that industrial civilization, like any other\u00a0dissipative structure<\/a>, is doomed to inevitable collapse.<\/p>\n

In 1972 \u2013 3 years after my birth, a book titled\u00a0The Limits to Growth<\/a>\u00a0was released by the Club of Rome. It was the first scientifically compiled report analyzing future scenarios for humanity. It indicated that unlimited development is not possible on a finite planet. The book was published in 30 million copies and was one of the most popular at the time. Surprisingly, despite the wide range of my readings, the book did not appear on my horizon for a long time. As if it was covered by another intellectual \u00a0\u201cS\u00e4uberung\u201d<\/a>. In fact, it was the subject of an intellectual blitzkrieg and relatively quickly evaporated from the media circulation. I experienced this myself by talking to several university professors. Every one of them dismissed the LtG concept with a shrug and an unequivocal, non-debatable conclusion that the theory had long been discredited.<\/p>\n

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