Keith D Johnson on Nostr: (4) "We need a different story altogether, a different framework. What climate ...

(4) "We need a different story altogether, a different framework. What climate scientists are struggling for, because they know they’re stuck. They’re producing all this knowledge. What they don’t have yet is wisdom. Because wisdom is that which disturbs the continuity of our knowledge-making rituals. Wisdom steps in the way. Wisdom is an impediment. If it doesn’t impede, then it doesn’t sing. It steps in the way and it says, “You will not pass. You will have to lose shape to pass.” Knowledge is: free ride. Wisdom is: stop here. And there’s nothing more prestigious, there’s nothing more luxurious, there’s nothing more advantageous to us gestating in modern cities, than the privilege of being said “no” to."