There is genuinely no precedent in the modern history of geopolitics for the climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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I’ve noticed a marked increase in the use of the term “polycrisis” over the last year, at least in US/Western media
The Great Progression 2025-2050
The world isn’t ending!
But we are likely at the beginning
of a profound transformation.
The Year of the Polycrisis
The term polycrisis is not and won’t be uncontested. Nor will its companion term, “resilience,” which we also use. Over time, both terms will be adopted as forms of greenwashing. They will become overused just as “sustainability” became overused.
“If you could win the popular imagination, you change the game”: Why we need new stories on climate
People without much sense of history imagine the world as static. They assume that if the present order is failing, the system is collapsing, and there is no alternative. A historical imagination equips you to understand that change is ceaseless. You only have to look to the past to see such a world, dramatically different half a century ago, stunningly so a century ago.