There is no “natural” or geological crisis; there is an enormous political one. It is in the nature of a mixed economy that its policies are rationally inexplicable.
The filling stations of the universities have dried up long ago and have been peddling a corrosive mix that paralyzes the brains of the nation. If you want to fight pollution, start with the philosophy departments; and if you want to refuel–well, look for new sources of energy.
– Ayn Rand, The Energy Crisis, Part I and Part II (November 1973) [1]
Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum, known to the world as Ayn Rand, was born 115 years ago in Saint Petersburg, Russian. She died in New York City on March 6, 1982. Best known as a novelist, she wrote on contemporary issues later in life.…
“Here are the frivolous fifty, with the common denominator to feel guilty about the joys of driving or flying; staying cool or warm; consuming meat, fish, or dairy. And ‘stop saying thank you [in notes and letters]’ and ‘shop vintage.’ And of course, install those solar panels (never mind the UK fog).”
Yesterday’s post examined the human-hate book, The Ahuman Manifesto: Activism for the End of the Anthrocene” by Patricia MacCormack (Bloomsbury Academic: 2020). A positive review of that screed introduced me to CambridgeshireLive, a progressive, climate-on-fire news source. There, I encountered CambridgeshireLive’s #Do1thing campaign listing 50 personal actions to address (really?) climate change.
With the failure of country-by-country politics to mitigate if not reverse emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), and consumers naturally choosing the best energies in terms of affordability, convenience, and reliability, it is business-as-usual with fossil fuels’ 85 percent global market share.…
“This book is a delightful provocation and invitation: to imagine a world without humans and to think of what we can do to get there. It is an urgent call for action.”
― Christine Daigle, Professor of Philosophy, Brock University, Canada
Here you go: the “final solution” to climate change. This book is a glimpse of where the climate road to serfdom ends. (And it is not, I repeat not, a Babylon Bee satire.)
The Ahuman Manifesto: Activism for the End of the Anthrocene” by Patricia MacCormack (Bloomsbury Academic: 2020) is self-described as follows:
…We are in the midst of a growing ecological crisis. Developing technologies and cultural interventions are throwing the status of “human” into question.
It is against this context that Patricia MacCormack delivers her expert justification for the “ahuman.”