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Author Journey – Wild Publishing Stories

This moment in the Author Journey is about wild publishing stories – indeed the kind of swill that makes a grown man weep and reach for the freelance writing gigs on Upwork. I have no use for suppositional arguments on the subject of writing. The work of storytelling and publishing is enough to tax the constitution of a healthy man. I’m coughing about the apartment with two cats who mock me like the feline equivalent of Statler and Waldorf.

Never mind that now, we shall discuss wild publishing stories. No author journey is complete without the heartbreak of hearing that ‘one author made $2.5M in self-publishing.’ You bleed for any kind of insight on what that author did, versus whatever you’re doing, only to learn that according to the article you both are doing the exact same thing. “By self-publishing them as e-books. That single decision changed everything.”

Actually not. Hocking’s success wasn’t the result of one single decision, but don’t tell that to a website of wild publishing stories. You can’t blame someone for wanting to write a story that sells, but part of that success should contain the humble examination of the facts. Amanda Hocking writes paranormal romance YA fiction and evidently she’s making a great living at it. Good for her. That doesn’t guarantee that every paranormal romance YA fiction author will make a decent living, nor does it guarantee success for any author – even if they don’t write paranormal romance YA fiction.

So what? Even if you believed that Hocking’s success could be used as a template for your own author success journey, you couldn’t guarantee it. In fact, other professionals say too many people are self-publishing. As a self-published author, I can tell you that I still don’t feel I’m a professional writer – imposter syndrome? – but I don’t focus on it. Self-publishing short stories is a great way to get your name out there, building an audience of readers. At the end of the day, Hocking found a way to make that work with her work. That doesn’t mean it’ll work for everyone, or anyone, else.

That’s the news for now. Raining all weekend in Eugene and the flooding may impede the progress of American literature. Quick reminder that GSBCW starts next Monday – grab a book and read with us.

 

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GSBCW – More Silent Book Club Options

More GSBCW Silent Book Club options are coming in, this one thanks to Darlene Cypser, who turned me onto the Silent Pages Society in Denver Colorado. This April event will let you grab a free ticket on the North Metro Rail Line in Denver, and read in silence from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm on Friday, April 18, 2025. If you’re a silent reader in Denver, this is a must-do event that’s ‘GSBCW on a Train.’ Here’s more information:

Silent Pages Society Event Info

Introverts welcome. Conversations optional. Connections possible.

A hidden literary movement is unfolding across Denver—a gathering of book lovers who understand that silence isn’t empty; it’s full of possibility. Welcome to the Silent Pages Society, a roaming, citywide reading experience for those who crave the quiet hum of collective solitude.

Due to overwhelming demand, we’re expanding this chapter of our journey. This time, we’ll be boarding two trains—first the N-Line to Eastlake and then the W-Line to Golden.

No assigned reading. No discussion circles. Just you, your book, and the quiet presence of others immersed in their own stories.

How It Works:

– Register in advance to let us know you’re coming—whether you need a ticket or not.

– 300 free RTD round-trip tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at check-in.

– If you don’t need a ticket, we still ask that you register so we can track attendance.

Reading Together is Good

Super Exciting! I hope all GSBCW readers in the Denver Metro can get together on the N or W lines on April 18 – this looks like a wonderful opportunity to expand on the ideas of ‘interconnectedness without financial barriers, shared humanity and meaningful bonds through the simple act of reading.’ In-person silent book clubs can be a great way to deal with the loneliness and overwhemling stress around us. I hope this is something that you find useful.

 

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Weird Nerdy Kid Stories #1 – Oregon Trail Tragedy

Every weird, nerdy kid has some stories – let’s start sharing them – this one will be about the Oregon Trail Tragedy. I decided to start telling stories about being a weird, nerdy kid in the Xennial 80s. Please feel welcomed to share some of your own. I’ll start with one of my tamer stories – dealing with Computer Lab. I call this story:

Oregon Trail Tragedy and Other Failures

Millenials, Gen Z, Gen Alpha – you don’t know. You’ll never know the irritating, dibilitating frustration that came from Computer Lab. For those of us in the Before Times – Computer Lab was getting out of school early, pizza for lunch, and ‘sit right here and watch this movie’ all rolled into one. You couldn’t beat Computer Lab – because this is the place where you actually got to use one of those Apple II machines that Steve Jobs gave away to elementary schools back in the 80s.

The visceral experience of that olive-drab housing and green LED screens, the clickety-clickety-click sound of the 5 1/4″ floppy drive. You disappeared into a new world of discovery and adventure. No more rules, no more boring history lessons where the best you could hope for was a C+. This was real, this was fun, this was what I wanted to spend my time doing.

Not that we got a computer at home. “Tell me why I should spend my money on that?” was the sarcastic parental refrain, as if a seven-year-old knew anything about cost/benefit analysis or return on investment. My first PC wouldn’t arrive until years later, but never mind that now. It’s time to discuss Oregon Trail, or rather, the tragedy.

The two games I really enjoyed playing were Oregon Trail and Car Builder. You can play them online now, but back then you had to get through the stupid math game challenge with a 80% or better before the teacher let you play. So imagine my dilemma – I can skip through the math game challenge in five minutes – and then 45 minutes of Oregon Trail. But no, my partner – a dim-witted individual who smelled of farts and paste – had to agree on my answer. He didn’t always – sometimes HE wanted to pick the answer, even if it was wrong. We ended up arguing for half the period on wrong answers, leaving us MAYBE 30 seconds or so to play Oregon Trail. I couldn’t even finish buying stuff at the general store in St. Louis!

I will say, as long as we’re on the topic, that Oregon Trail was frustration unto itself. You never got enough time to read the instructions on how to shoot and move, so it wasn’t until years later that I realized you *could* move. I’d always get stuck in the far corner and maybe I’d kill a squirrel while the bear and bison danced just out of sight. Jerks.

But then there was Car Builder and again, my stupid partner knew *nothing* about cars. I knew some stuff – my Dad kept a stack of old Road & Track magazines for me to look at the pictures. Can’t convince him that a DOHC turbocharged V8 was better than an SOHC L4 (“I like S better!”). That’s why we always ended up with an underpowered version of my grandma’s sedan that couldn’t corner to save its life or pass the wind tunnel test. I hope you’re happy, Roland.* You wrecked my childhood.

Well, not all of it.

Anyway, the point of the Apple II in my second-grade classroom was to make me realize two things. One, computers and technology were where I was going with my life. Two, group projects sucked. I have more examples of that but we’ll save it for another time.

That’s it for my first Weird Nerdy Kid Stories – hope you enjoyed it. Please feel free to share your own Weird Nerdy Kid Stories with me on BlueSky and Mastodon. We’ll do this again, soon.

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Sci-Friday #220 – Hyper-Reality

Welcome to Sci-Friday, Hyper-Reality is a film about the cautionary problems of VR, augmented reality, and AI. Even though it came out in 2013, Hyper-Reality still feels fresh and vibrant, like the film came out yesterday. Take a look and then we’ll discuss.

From the website: Our physical and virtual realities are becoming increasingly intertwined. Technologies such as VR, augmented reality, wearables, and the internet of things are pointing to a world where technology will envelop every aspect of our lives. It will be the glue between every interaction and experience, offering amazing possibilities, while also controlling the way we understand the world. Hyper-Reality attempts to explore this exciting but dangerous trajectory. It was crowdfunded, and shot on location in Medellín, Colombia.

This wasn’t Matsuda’s first project – he made two other films (Link) (Link) to experiment with different ideas before committing to the bigger project in 2013. Beyond the ideas and concept, Hyper-Reality was Kickstarted, shot on location in Medellín, and helped propel Matsuda to work with Bulgari, Nokia, and Sony Japan. Goes to show that when artists find their voice, they only go upward. Good for him! 

My takeaways are pretty simple – one, this is a brilliant piece of cyberpunk. Two, I love that the film breaks us out of the AmeriEuroAsian dynamic of cyberpunk and forces us to reckon with the brilliant information economy happening in South America. Lots of times, we get unwittingly stuck in a mode of ‘this only happens in some places.’ The truth is that the future is everywhere, and no one knows how it will grow or change.

Lastly, the Smashwords seasonal book giveaway is happening right now. I’ve already given away 122 books in 5 days and I hope to give many more before the end of tomorrow. Pick one out for yourself. 

That’s Sci-Friday for this week – I hope it brings a smile to your face. Please feel welcomed to dive down the rabbit hole of every other Sci-Friday I’ve published in the past couple years. Have a great Weekend. <3

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Stupid Business Ideas – HackUrFit

Stupid business ideas pop into my head – let me tell you about HackUrFit. I was moved to comment – after noticing the Eugene Xfinity store yesterday – ‘oh look, another example of corpo-dystopia has arrived. How nice, good for us!’ Then, I started thinking about it – what if you really *did* have a store devoted  to dystopia. What would it look like, what would it sell? Presented here is a business idea I know will suck. I explain why I’m doing this down below. But for now – let’s talk HackUrFit. Ready? Here we go:

https://inkican.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sequence01.mp4HackUrFit

The cyberpunk dystopia apocalypse speeds down on us like a toxic-waste truck. How will you withstand the onerous outcomes and sickening spectacles that surely await? What tools will ensure your survival? What clothes would you wear to signify allegience with the Hypermutant Geneto-Crypto gang as you explore grotesque wastelands in search of stale Voodoo Doughnuts and parts for your biodiesel bugout bakkie?

Those items and more are available at HackUrFit – That’s right, HackUrFit – a Dystopian Emporium run by the Neon Rebellion Collective with the sole purpose of preparing you for the impending dire disasters that surely await us in thirty days or less. C’mon down to the local HackUrFit and connect with other proto-deviants. Lounge in the Cataclysm Coffee Bar where biohazardous baristas construct contaminated, caffienated creations to power your nascent nocturnal junk-collecting junkets.

Learn more about HackUrFit in the sample catalog of items and components:

Stuff We SellArt

Decals | Desktop | Keychains | Magnets | Patches
| Postcards | Statues
| Wall Art | PinsGames

Board games | Card Games | RPGs | MMPORGsClothing

Jackets | Shirts | Pants | Head | Hand | TiesElectronics
& Org

Cable organizers | Music | Computer Hardware |
Networking | Book Nooks

Furniture

Clocks | Lighting | TablewareJewelry

Necklaces | Rings | EarringsTools

Tool Kits | Survival Tools | First Aid Equipment
| Travel Hardware | Personal Safety | Biohazard ProtectionHydro

Drinkware | Water Bottles | Travel Cups | Water
Purification | Hip FlasksAnd More!Why You Want to Shop Here

At HackUrFit we embrace all manifestations of the mutated monstrosities of our dystopian cyberpunk apocalypse. We welcome the TechBro Boogeymen, we welcome the Vegan Voltage Villains, we embrace the Rapacious Radges of Ragnarok. Join us – meet a new group, or make one out of the Geeky Gremlins we’ve trapped in the back area over by the utility closet. No obligation, cancel at any time.

No one person is more welcome than you – our apocalyptic assailant with money or bitcoin or credit cards to outfit your Prepper Paladin-mobile. C’mon down to HackUrFit and get ready to upscale your ultimate survival scenario.

Why I’m Writing Down This Stupid Business Idea

Maybe this happens to you, too – ever have an idea you know is going to be terrible, but you can’t get it out of your head? Inventions, business ideas, projects – you know they’re going to suck but you don’t know why and your head just keeps spinning and spinning? The thought stuck in my head like a popcorn kernel in your teeth and as obnoxious and annoying as was, the worst part was I couldn’t get it out. It was making me crazy, I needed to banish these cursed creativity critters back to wherever they belong and focus on writing.

SO …

To alleviate this problem, I’m writing down this stupid business idea so that it elminates the clutter in my head. Here it is – comment or throw rocks as needed. If for some reason this is actually a good idea and I should be paying attention, I’ve posted a Kickstarter preview. Who knows, maybe this is a billion-dollar deal and I should think about running a store instead of writing a novel.

Am I Onto Something or Is this Stupid?

[Agree | Disagree with Me on BlueSky] [Agree | Disagree with Me on Mastodon]

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Notes from Eugene – 02/26/2025

The world may be circling the drain, but there’s always time for bizarre banalities courtesy the ongoing performance artists of ‘Eugene, Oregon USA.’ Yessir, Eugenians are not being disingenuous, fully committing to the bit of suburban strangeness as though the whole world was a stage. For example, Joanie M. Starshine Kent was crowned the new SLUG queen, our own beloved Quacktavious honked his last hoot for UO, and a larcenous lamp was returned to its rightful owner.

No one seemed to know what it meant. What we did know was that a local driver created new parking on campus steps and a local pervert purloined joggers’ peace. Even resident ramblers like Bottle Twins, the Pirate Panhandler, and Frog (RIP) had a sense of decorum and ettiquette when it came to whimsical weirdness. Even local dark horses like Bigfoot Beverage knew they could never rationalize public indecency. Tolerance of nacesnt nudity only extends to people like the topless woman on horseback, not creeps on the South Amazon trail.

I’m still processing thoughts about people like Adam Curtis and Noam Chomsky. Listening to their maundering creates a compelling confusion – assuming everything you’re saying is true (and I’m still not convinced), what are regular people supposed to do about it? These persistent peculiarities help explain why I keep my world small.

As an individual person eschewing the Machiavellian manipulations, kindness is an act of guerrilla warfare to against wanton indifference and casual cruelty. I can’t fix the world, I can’t rage against the machine, but I can take my neighbor’s trash out and help keep the racoons out of the garbage can. Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes. You have to define what constitutes a sustainable self-sacrifice in a world of noxious narcissism.

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Global Silent Book Club Week – Why It Matters

Some thoughts on why it matters that we have GSBCW, or Global Silent Book Club Week. I was re-watching Hypernormalisation by Adam Curtis this weekend and came away with a few thoughts. Number one, the doc is unsettling because it articulates a system of control forcing us into a hopeless future under techno-feudalism. Number two, Curtis has a habit of asserting conclusions where he should be articulating facts and evidence.

So, what? Agree or disagree with Hypernormalisation’s conclusions, you can’t use facts or evidence to prove your point because there’s no facts or evidence to look at. Is he right – can we check his references, his bibliography? Nope, it doesn’t exist – if you find one, let me know.

I still think the documentary is interesting, but I can’t escape the fact that Cursis’ work is a spaghetti plate of prima facie logical tautologies. Why would you construct an entire film by doing exactly what you’re accusing the powers-that-be of doing? Twenty-four hours later, I’m getting the same ick I felt after reading the first chapter of The Secret. We have enough problems in this world caused by people who think they know what they’re doing, no need to add to it.

Why It Matters

All of that said, here’s why it matters to do GSBCW – and it really does matter. Let’s say you believe everything that Curtis says. We’re overwhelmed by complex systems and information, our social narratives are constructed by power structures, modern life is isolating. What are we supposed to do about all that?

I’m just one person – an author – and I don’t have an answer to that question. What I do know is that providing a space for quiet reflection and individual choice is an act of kindness. Offering respite from the constant barrage of information, a chance to explore diverse perspectives, is an act of kindness. A quiet space for togetherness, a simple place for leisure in a simple non-commercial format, is an act of kindness.

Even libraries – one of my favorite places to be in the world – require you to leave your house or make a special trip. What if you don’t have that opportunity? A space for quiet reflection and individual choice, wherever you are, however you are, lets people maintain autonomy and critical thinking in the face of noisy, pervasive torrents of pursuasion and manipulation.

So yes, GSBCW matters and here’s why: In a world constantly tapping into your FOMO, creating fear of negative consequences, and subconscious pressure – we need quiet. In a world of coercion, we need space for deliberation. In a time compelling us to reckon with wanton indifference, we need benign compassion. Slow down, breathe, feel, be.

I hope this helps explain why it matters to have GSBCW. A simple act of kindness, a simple expression of hope. No agenda, no fees, no drama – your time, your book. That’s all. Hope to see you all soon on the Discord!

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Newlyweds – New Scifi Short Story Submission

Happy News – submitted Newlyweds, a scifi short story, to Clarkesworld to begin the rounds for consideration. It’s been a while since I submitted a short story to a magazine, and it feels good to get back into the game. You’ll enjoy Jakob and Yasmine, jumbled up versions of people I’ve known who are ordinary, anything but perfect – but they happen to be in extraordinary cirumstances.

I’m excited to eventually share Newlyweds with you, and I think you’ll enjoy it for one simple reason. Stories of Martian life and liberty seem to skip over ideas like love and loneliness. I have to imagine that people will still fall in love on Mars, still get married. Togetherness is a miracle , it would be exciting to watch on a brand new planet. Of course, Mars being Mars, there has to be more to the story. How would you discuss your past? What if people knew things about you? These social issues come up in your average matrimonial event, imagine it happening 140 million miles from the nearest wedding planner!

Newlyweds is tracked on my updated short story production board – all my work is part of the larger effort to become a self-sufficient professional author who does nice things for people. This, along with #GSBCW starting next week, are steps in that journey. Looking forward to seeing you all next week. Write on!

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Low Orbit Real Estate

Low Orbit Real Estate – are you ready for a real estate agent selling you a home out in space? Can you imagine showing a home where the sky is literally the limit? I’m fascinated by the topic of low orbit living, and scientists have been talking about how to make it work for over 100 years.

Today, we’ll take a deep dive into some proposed low orbit real estate options. We’ve been living with low-orbit living since the 1950s, with astronauts of many countries living in 60 to 2,000 km (99 to 1200 mi) above Earth’s surface – AKA ‘Low Earth Orbit’ (LEO). There are many challenges to be solved by living up there, but when we do (not if, we’re doing this), we’ve got some exciting options to play with. Here are some:

Types of Low-Earth Orbital Habitats

Bernal sphere – A Bernal sphere is a type of space settlement  filled with air rotating at 1.9 RPM to produce a full Earth artificial gravity at the sphere’s equator. The result would be an interior landscape that would resemble a large valley running all the way around the equator of the sphere. (Fun fact: The video game Mass Effect features a fictional Bernal sphere space colony “Gagarin Station,” named after Yuri Gagarin.) 

O’Neill cylinder – An O’Neill cylinder consists of two counter-rotating cylinders. Each cylinder has six equal-area stripes that run the length of the cylinder; three are transparent windows, three are habitable “land” surfaces. Furthermore, an outer agricultural ring, 32.2 km (20 mi) in diameter, rotates at a different speed to support farming. The habitat’s industrial manufacturing block is located in the middle, to allow for minimized gravity for some manufacturing processes.

Bishop Ring – A Bishop Ring is a hypothetical rotating wheel space station where atmosphere retained by artificial gravity and atmosphere retention walls some 200 km (120 mi) in height. You wouldn’t need a roof, so part of the ring is exposed to outer space – I don’t know how I feel about that. (Fun fact: we saw Bishop Rings in Iain M. Banks’ The Culture novels, Elysium, and the Echoes of the Eye expansion of the video game Outer Wilds.)

Dyson sphere – A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. Dyson-style energy collectors around a distant star would absorb and re-radiate energy from the star. Although Dyson sphere systems are theoretically possible, building a stable megastructure around the Sun is currently far beyond humanity’s engineering capacity.

McKendree cylinder – A McKendree cylinder is a type of hypothetical rotating space habitat that spins to produce artificial gravity by way of centrifugal force. The design uses carbon nanotubes instead of steel, allowing the habitat to be built much larger. In the original proposal, the habitat would consist of a cylinder approximately 460 km (290 mi) in radius and 4,600 km (2,900 mi) in length, containing 13 million km2 (5 million sq mi) of living space, nearly as much land area as that of Russia.

Why Would We Live in Orbit?

One reason is simple – since human population growth is potentially exponential, we’re going to eventually run out of resources here on Earth. We could adopt something called Neo-Malthusianism – which is human population planning to ensure resources and environmental integrities for current and future human populations as well as for other species, but experiments in this area have led to many bad social outcomes. Rather than arguing that humans should reproduce less, low orbit real estate gives us more room to grow.

Low Orbit Real Estate also gives us more options for ‘experiments that are impossible to conduct on Earth , so this kind of research leads to progress in fields such as materials science, biology, and physics. The controlled environment of space habitats enables researchers to carry out long-term studies without the influence of Earth’s changing conditions.’ New discoveries in technology unlocked by solving the low-earth orbit real estate problems could lead us into amazing new eras of human development.

Why would we want to develop into this area? I answer this question by pointing out that historically, humans need a place to go when things aren’t working out where they are. Economic opportunities, income inequality, relief from poverty and war, these drive people to leave ancestral homes to find new places to live and exist. Think about the mass expansion of the United States: it was was driven by people who could not achieve social mobility where they were. Expansion into low earth orbit is a natural extension of humanities ever-increasing desire to improve itself.

Why aren’t we doing this yet?

“Okay, I’m sold. Why can’t I live in low orbit real estate now?” Two reasons: It costs a lot of money and it’s really hard to survive out in space. We know how to live in space, we just haven’t figured out how to do it without bankrupting ourselves. All the mechanical and biological challenges we’ve discovered so far CAN be solved with a sufficient amount of money, and no one has that much – not even Elon Musk. The hope is that humans eventually solve all those problems and bring the cost down – we’re not there yet.

The Mike.Sierra.Echo Connection

My novel Mike.Sierra.Echo talks about life in low-earth orbit as it happens, the project to build the world’s first space elevator. But how did we get there? Chapter Two answers the question for us:

“Eighty years ago, Grandma’s family business transitioned. They started out with stuff like genetically-engineered wood products – floors for uber-Patriots – and airlines. They decided to change to rocket science. Guess what else happened around that time?

You got it, the first nuclear fusion powerplants. Moon dust has large amounts of 3He or Helium-3, a helium isotope. Suddenly, every rocket that could make a roundtrip to the Moon was a golden ticket. Rocket4 rode the wave of a new Industrial Revolution for eight decades.” – Mike.Sierra.Echo

In a nutshell, the next driver of human progress is based on the development of fusion reactors. One of the drivers in exponential growth is energy, and if helium-3 reactors are developed as expected, we could easily see a space ‘gold rush’ to harvest these valuable little isotopes from the regolith on the moon. Along with that, the engineering problems of a space elevator, could also be solved.

“Let me explain how we reached NeoDiamond cable,” Dad said. Waited nearly two centuries to arrive. Stronger than any known material – natural or man-made.”

“You can’t make something stronger than diamond. That’s … impossible.”

“That’s science!” Dad’s eyes twinkled.

“What did you do?”

“Someone developed a new material. Strong, flexible, and self-healing. NeoDiamond cable has multiple skins. One of them is a metal organic framework that passively collects water from the air and stores it. 

While I’m not a professional prognosticator, I can see human technologies coming together to make the future an exciting place to live. Along the way, we’ll still wrestle with other human problems – loss, happiness, discovery. Mike.Sierra.Echo is a vehicle for exploring all those topics in a way that everyone can relate to.

Wrapping Up

When it comes to low orbit real estate, I’m excited and hopeful. It’s becoming more and more apparent that since we don’t have a Planet B and we are losing control of Planet A, a Planet A.2 option might be more attractive and give us some breathing space as a species. My hope is that we’ll figure this out together.

Write on!

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Sci-Friday #219 – Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains Climate Change

Happy SciFriday, celebrate making it through the week by watching as Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains Climate Change. I think you’ll find that he articulates the subject from a different perspective and that might help increase understanding. Take a look:



Now here’s what I want you to take from this video because climate change is a topic that affects all of us. I want you to remember that when we talk climate change, we have to stay focused on the actual problem. Far too often, you see minor details turning into wedge issues that dilute the discussion and cause us to miss the point.

It’s like being a parent to a teenager that wants to go out to a sideshow or make ‘death-defying’ stunt videos. You can get so sucked into defending your point that you miss the screaming reply: ‘I did what I was asked to do, why are you asking me to accept LESS?’

So I like how he put it ‘when you change the climate, you have to be ready for climatic events that fall outside your experience.’ Maybe it’ll help make more sense to people who have resisted the issues of climate change up to this point. I wish climate change wasn’t happening – I wish we could go on with proven technology. Unfortunately, we weren’t paying attention to a critical detail over the past hundred years and it’s caught up to us now. Wishing won’t stop that.

 

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