Dependence on apocalyptic thinking is one of the most destructive forms of present shock, and it’s the result of an intolerance for situations with no clear outcome, no winner or loser, no final “result”. It makes people and institutions almost constitutionally incapable of contending with chronic problems, adopting sustainable approaches, or even seeing sustenance as a victory in itself.

Douglas Rushkoff at P2P Foundation from: TECHNOLOGIST 01 JUN 23, 2014. Douglas Rushkoff on why we need a ‘Slow Science’. (via protoslacker)