“The many sorrows of our recent history suggest that we humans have a learning disability.” Carl Sagan
Beware Toxic Positivity I was thinking about extinction and finding the whole problematic is lost to us while ever we play with life as an idea, a thought, a concept, we dizzy in speculation as with deckchairs, better to argue infinitum than engage with the reality that looms before us, our denial is obvious in our choices, amusing ourselves to death in a world of ostriches with ideas of abstract fantasies, real hope lies in action. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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Fascinating idea. Love the oblique Titanic reference.
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Ah, glad you noticed that, thank you so much Pat
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You’re welcome.
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There’s a lot of Titanic deckchair rearraning going around these days.
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Yes, i don’t think our leaders know what to do, particularly in dealing with their minders – the corporates.
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“amusing ourselves to death” ~ absolutely brilliant!
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This line caught my attention as well.
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👍☺️
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I’ve been thinking it’s like we’re in a version of the Great Gatsby
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I can see that, yes. It’s all fun and games, ’til someone gets hit by a car and dies.
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Yes, reminds of the trolley bus dilemma too 🙂
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My answer to that one has always been I’d stand there wringing my hands until everybody dies.
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I guess I’m resolved that one must die for the many (though I think Putin would have all die for one). I think that’s the point of the exercise, in reality we cannot decide.
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I’ve always found the exercise (and its varations) maddening!
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Yes, but so real, if less traumatic, in everyday life, no wonder we’re vexed.
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Sadly, yes.
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It’s a little like we’re in a version of the Great Gatsby
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Fitzgerald suffered with terrible depression. Must have been hard to live in the middle of all that while seeing it so clearly. I rarely find myself envying the wealthy!
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Yes, nothing to envy, it is all stress and circular self-protection.
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👌
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So true…!!!
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Thank you
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Most welcome
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Spot.On. 🙂
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Thank you very much Susi
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You’re welcome, Paul!
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Hope without action is a wasted exercise.
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O yes indeed
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Well said, Paul.
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Thank you very much indeed VJ
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You’re welcome Paul. I was too tired last night for more commentary, but your title really covers it all.
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We are in a strange time VJ
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Hope you had a great day!
😊👍✨✨🎉
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Apparently all you need is faith, Paul.
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I may be cheeky, but you are a stirrer 🙂 – though true enough, whether political, philosophical or theological, or some nonsense, lol.
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I can’t help it. 😉
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Lol, and much needed 🙂
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Yes, we are in a strange time, chaotic…
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Yes, sadly so Amy
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Thank you 🙂
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Real hope lies in action 🙏
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Oh absolutely, yes indeed
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Marvellous writing! I love the line “our denial is obvious in our choices”.
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Thank you so much for that.
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Thank you
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Profound thought provoking piece
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Thank you so much.
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A pleasure
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Thank you
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Many thanks
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Another powerful poem – too true
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I struggle with the idea that people think you always have to be positive.
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