01 · The Library — Climate & Overshoot
The Cactus You Keep Hugging
On the particular exhaustion of holding on to an arrangement that is visibly hurting you.
Every energy transition has a phase where the incumbent system is defended most loudly by the people it is costing the most. It is not stupidity. It is the cost of letting go being paid up front and the cost of holding on being paid in instalments.
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