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The Shadow Side of Modernity
The author explores the complexities of the climate change conversation, highlighting how the language of taking climate change seriously can lead in conflicting directions, hindering clear decision-making. They argue that there are two paths: a superhighway of modernity that they believe leads to nowhere due to flawed assumptions, and a smaller path focused on softening the impacts of the changing world. They emphasize the importance of acknowledging the shadow side of modernity and caution against a desperate reboot of centralized control, urging for a shift towards working for lives worth living in the future.