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The view I hold is that, as bad as the situation is, it's not hopeless and there is a lot that can be done that will make the situation better. "All we can save". I've heard it said in the context of the polycrisis that understanding leads to grief, which leads to action which leads to (solidly founded) hope.

People (and so societies) are hard-wired to be loss averse, which means the facts about what is at stake are more effective drivers of action than the promises of techno-optimism.

Not saying that there are not good optimistic views out there, just that I personally find a realistic view renders many of them quite flat. I think embracing false hope leaves us with a myopic lens through which to frame decisions and probably underprepared to deal with the future.

I find https://polycrisis.org/library/ to be a good resource. Also Nate Hagens podcast.