Moomintroll and the comet5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Over the past few years, sales of poetry and dystopian speculative fiction have skyrocketed as people search for meaning in a changing world. ![]() In times of crisis, we turn to the arts for guidance and solace. When confronted with the enormity of climate change, our ultimate concerns causes despair, and instead of taking action, we give up before we have even started. Climate despair is an expression of what psychologists call " ultimate concerns," that is a concern for existential issues, such as death, finitude, and meaninglessness. ![]() Grappling with the magnitude of climate change causes what is known as climate despair, which is the overwhelming sense that climate change will inevitably cause the extinction of humanity, and that, while we wait for the apocalypse to happen, life loses its meaning. ![]()
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