I was just reminded of this brilliant post:
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I was just reminded of this brilliant post:
“We need courage, not hope. … Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
https://onbeing.org/blog/kate-marvel-we-need-courage-not-hope-to-face-climate-change/ #dkpol #dkgreen
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I was just reminded of this brilliant post:
“We need courage, not hope. … Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
https://onbeing.org/blog/kate-marvel-we-need-courage-not-hope-to-face-climate-change/ #dkpol #dkgreen
@sorenhave thanks for sharing, I remember readying this at the time, it shocked me to realise that scientists had reached that point.
I think Dr Marvel recently left NASA because of the attack on science and the changing atmosphere at the organisation.
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I was just reminded of this brilliant post:
“We need courage, not hope. … Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
https://onbeing.org/blog/kate-marvel-we-need-courage-not-hope-to-face-climate-change/ #dkpol #dkgreen
@sorenhave I don't disagree with the greater point, but that's not what hope is; she is confusing or conflating hope with optimism.
Hope & courage is part & parcel of each other, not opposites
https://aeon.co/essays/true-hope-takes-a-hard-look-at-reality-then-makes-a-plan -
J jwcph@helvede.net shared this topic
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@sorenhave I don't disagree with the greater point, but that's not what hope is; she is confusing or conflating hope with optimism.
Hope & courage is part & parcel of each other, not opposites
https://aeon.co/essays/true-hope-takes-a-hard-look-at-reality-then-makes-a-plan@jwcph Interesting piece you shared.
I will however maintain that you can talk of passive and active hope; the latter being what the Aeon article is about. The passive version is what - I guess - Kate Marvel was tired of being asked about.
And with her actions (still caring and fighting despite leaving NASA) I think she embodies active hope:
https://grist.org/science/kate-marvel-nasa-departure-human-nature-book/ -
@sorenhave thanks for sharing, I remember readying this at the time, it shocked me to realise that scientists had reached that point.
I think Dr Marvel recently left NASA because of the attack on science and the changing atmosphere at the organisation.
@annaf Yes, here you can read more about that: https://grist.org/science/kate-marvel-nasa-departure-human-nature-book/
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I was just reminded of this brilliant post:
“We need courage, not hope. … Courage is the resolve to do well without the assurance of a happy ending.”
https://onbeing.org/blog/kate-marvel-we-need-courage-not-hope-to-face-climate-change/ #dkpol #dkgreen
"I have historically struggled a lot with anger. I don’t let myself feel angry. It feels bad. It’s my least favorite emotion. But I don’t think we solve this without getting mad. I don’t think we rebuild science without getting mad.
Look, I think spite is actually a great motivation to not give up."
https://grist.org/science/kate-marvel-nasa-departure-human-nature-book/ #dkgreen #dkpol
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@jwcph Interesting piece you shared.
I will however maintain that you can talk of passive and active hope; the latter being what the Aeon article is about. The passive version is what - I guess - Kate Marvel was tired of being asked about.
And with her actions (still caring and fighting despite leaving NASA) I think she embodies active hope:
https://grist.org/science/kate-marvel-nasa-departure-human-nature-book/@sorenhave I think passive hope is the same as optimism, yes - but then, we already have a word for that: Optimism
