Telling the bad news about a world on a crash course to doom ain't easy. Not only do few people want to face up to the manifold crises of our times, but it's also hard on the prophets and writers telling this story because they know all too well how few people are listening. But however hard it may be behind the scenes, scientist and writer Guy McPherson keeps coming back … [Read more...]
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Ackerman and McPherson Dialogue: The idiot box
The following is the fifth in an ongoing dialogue (cyber-discussion) between two cultural philosophers and regular Transition Voice contributors, Dr. Sherry Ackerman and Dr. Guy McPherson. ACKERMAN: We’ve been having a really intense winter up here in Mount Shasta, Guy. With five feet of snow currently on the ground, it’s been a challenge for us to not get cabin fever. … [Read more...]
Ackerman and McPherson: Madness of the mainstream
The following dialogue continues an on-going cyber-discussion between two cultural philosophers, Dr. Sherry Ackerman and Dr. Guy McPherson. ACKERMAN: Wow! I don’t leave the homestead all that often. And, when I do, I don’t go that far. But, today I had occasion to venture out into mainstream culture for the afternoon and I was flabbergasted. The mainstream has never been … [Read more...]
Ackerman and McPherson dialog: Practical paths to a post-carbon lifestyle
The following dialog is a continuation of one started by Drs. Sherry Ackerman and Guy McPherson a few weeks ago on Transition Voice. In that discussion, Ackerman and McPherson laid out some philosophical considerations about the need for a transition to more locally-based economies of human scale along with a deeper reverence for and consideration of the natural world that … [Read more...]
Ackerman and McPherson: A dialogue on finding authenticity
Transition Voice writers Guy McPherson and Sherry Ackerman have some things in common. They both got PhDs, taught and did research at universities and then left the ivory tower, deciding, as Socrates did, to take their message to the streets. And their common concern is how to live in a way that's not a lie in our time of climate change, peak oil and economic and cultural … [Read more...]