Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@lukeburgis 1/ Thomas Berry describes the "pathology manifest in the arrogance with which we reject our role as an integral member of the earth community in favor of a radical anthropocentric life attitude," as a form of cultural autism yet to leave the playpen in the nursery of ontology.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 22 May 2023

@unherd 1/ Simply stated, the false freedom of subjectively-isolated deferral and denial protects no one, least of all the transhumanist. The invisible foundations of concrete reality will not be denied: climate chaos forces a transcendent ultimatum upon our entire species.

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3/ On the other, "Impartiality with regard to history," as Heschel clarifies, "is a pretense." Jung: “Invited or not, the Gods will be present.” William Irwin Thompson: “When we cannot create our destiny through enlightenment, our fate is inflicted upon us through ignorance.”
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Copy of tweet: Nick Routledge 3/ On the other, "Impartiality with regard to history," as Heschel clarifies, "is a pretense." Jung: “Invited or not, the Gods will be present.” William Irwin Thompson: “When we cannot create our destiny through enlightenment, our fate is inflicted upon us through ignorance.”

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @mehdirhasan Hence the media's bastard enchantment deriving precisely from its function as an authoritative icon of business-as-usual - specifically, the maniacal promise it represents of an 'unreality' of infantilized, collective experience of psychological security, comfort and affirmation.Quoted by@mehdirhasan Hence the media's bastard enchantment deriving precisely from its function as an authoritative icon of business-as-usual - specifically, the maniacal promise it represents of an 'unreality' of infantilized, collective experience of psychological security, comfort and affirmation.