Wonderful Horrible Things
Channel: Don Haas
Date: 24/11/2016

We live in wonderful horrible times, and we always have. This video draws from the presentation, "Fire and Brimstone and Fort McMurray: Considering Some Implications of Apocalyptic Rhetoric in Climate Communication" which itself draws from the forthcoming book, The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change. It's a sort of reflection on climate change, but really about the larger world. It's intended to give a little perspective. 

It's also admittedly a little rough around the edges, but I thought it'd be nice to have up in time for Thanksgiving. It steps through five generations of my own family history. You should consider it an invitation to step through a bit of your own family's history to consider wonderful horrible times from your own perspective. 

If you think the world is wonderful right now, I'm happy for you. If you don't think it is, realize that things will almost certainly get better. Recognize too that it'll get better faster if you work to make it better.