“The idea here is that you have enough of something so that one small action can be contagious, in a way. It spreads its action to others like it, creating an effect that is many times greater than that of the individual actor.”
I think of the US political dialogue or lack there of and the demonization of the other side. January 6 was the match that was contained by democratic rules and those in authority and power not pushing against the guardrails. As more contagion has spread in the last four years, will it be enough for a match to ignite a sustainable reaction?
That is worse case thinking. I cast my vote and regardless who becomes president, senator, congressman or congresswoman, etc., i will make decisions based on the situation and live my life.
I think a lot about the military industrial complex and the chain reaction it has on our planet’s atmosphere and life as we know it for all animals and plants even if we aren’t directly impacted (though we are) here in America it seems easier to ignore and it makes my heart so heavy, it’s hard to function in the world knowing, we are killing the only home we have and that not even the wealthy can out run climate change. This chain reaction keeps me awake at night.
Speaking of...we just started watching "Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War" on Netflix. They touch upon much of the stuff here in the first episode. They also talk about the first two bombs dropped on Japan and how that triggered the current fragile agreements to cut that shit out.
“The idea here is that you have enough of something so that one small action can be contagious, in a way. It spreads its action to others like it, creating an effect that is many times greater than that of the individual actor.”
I think of the US political dialogue or lack there of and the demonization of the other side. January 6 was the match that was contained by democratic rules and those in authority and power not pushing against the guardrails. As more contagion has spread in the last four years, will it be enough for a match to ignite a sustainable reaction?
That is worse case thinking. I cast my vote and regardless who becomes president, senator, congressman or congresswoman, etc., i will make decisions based on the situation and live my life.
Fission reactors rely on division, whereas fusion reactors rely on union. As long as we are divided as people, we may not figure the fusion thing out.
I think a lot about the military industrial complex and the chain reaction it has on our planet’s atmosphere and life as we know it for all animals and plants even if we aren’t directly impacted (though we are) here in America it seems easier to ignore and it makes my heart so heavy, it’s hard to function in the world knowing, we are killing the only home we have and that not even the wealthy can out run climate change. This chain reaction keeps me awake at night.
It's the most complex system we know of anywhere, and we are only barely beginning to understand all those butterfly effects.
Speaking of...we just started watching "Turning Point: The Bomb And The Cold War" on Netflix. They touch upon much of the stuff here in the first episode. They also talk about the first two bombs dropped on Japan and how that triggered the current fragile agreements to cut that shit out.
That was an excellent documentary series, and I wanted it to be like 3x as long as it was.