Sarah Jacquet‐Ray

Exactly. So this kind of performance of being really engaged and really busy and almost to the point of kind of always displaying your bordering on burnout was a sign that you were as committed to the cause as you possibly could be.

And Gabby was really determined to make sure that she was extracting every bit of energy out of herself to reverse all of the bad impacts that she had had on the planet.

And Gabby was really determined to make sure that she was extracting every bit of energy out of herself to reverse all of the bad impacts that she had had on the planet.

And Gabby was really determined to make sure that she was extracting every bit of energy out of herself to reverse all of the bad impacts that she had had on the planet.

And I think that that pervasive complicity part that we were talking about before, that guilt part that we were talking about with Maddie before, that was driving this kind of feverish desire to undo all the harms that she was doing on the planet.

And I think that that pervasive complicity part that we were talking about before, that guilt part that we were talking about with Maddie before, that was driving this kind of feverish desire to undo all the harms that she was doing on the planet.

And I think that that pervasive complicity part that we were talking about before, that guilt part that we were talking about with Maddie before, that was driving this kind of feverish desire to undo all the harms that she was doing on the planet.

Yeah, so I think that when you have that guilt, you think to yourself, well, I have to make amends for that. I have to go make a more positive impact on the planet than I leave on the planet. And because for any one single individual, that is impossible. It's impossible to overturn all of the problems. A single individual is not going to take all the carbon emissions out of the atmosphere.

Yeah, so I think that when you have that guilt, you think to yourself, well, I have to make amends for that. I have to go make a more positive impact on the planet than I leave on the planet. And because for any one single individual, that is impossible. It's impossible to overturn all of the problems. A single individual is not going to take all the carbon emissions out of the atmosphere.

Yeah, so I think that when you have that guilt, you think to yourself, well, I have to make amends for that. I have to go make a more positive impact on the planet than I leave on the planet. And because for any one single individual, that is impossible. It's impossible to overturn all of the problems. A single individual is not going to take all the carbon emissions out of the atmosphere.

And the hill to climb there is just way too big for any one person. But because of the way the environmental problems are often framed as up to us as individuals to solve, and we live in a very individualistic culture, then we think that it's up to us individually to solve and that we are solely responsible.

And the hill to climb there is just way too big for any one person. But because of the way the environmental problems are often framed as up to us as individuals to solve, and we live in a very individualistic culture, then we think that it's up to us individually to solve and that we are solely responsible.

And the hill to climb there is just way too big for any one person. But because of the way the environmental problems are often framed as up to us as individuals to solve, and we live in a very individualistic culture, then we think that it's up to us individually to solve and that we are solely responsible.

We will, you know, sort of burn ourselves out trying to undo all the harm that we're doing on the planet. And there's not just a misanthropy there, but there's a real self-loathing that comes around with that, too, that doesn't actually help us sustain the kind of stamina that is required to continue in the work.

We will, you know, sort of burn ourselves out trying to undo all the harm that we're doing on the planet. And there's not just a misanthropy there, but there's a real self-loathing that comes around with that, too, that doesn't actually help us sustain the kind of stamina that is required to continue in the work.

We will, you know, sort of burn ourselves out trying to undo all the harm that we're doing on the planet. And there's not just a misanthropy there, but there's a real self-loathing that comes around with that, too, that doesn't actually help us sustain the kind of stamina that is required to continue in the work.

Exactly. Exactly. So not only is every form of pleasure also probably tied to some kind of negative environmental impact. So there's that. But there's this kind of futility. Right.

Exactly. Exactly. So not only is every form of pleasure also probably tied to some kind of negative environmental impact. So there's that. But there's this kind of futility. Right.

Exactly. Exactly. So not only is every form of pleasure also probably tied to some kind of negative environmental impact. So there's that. But there's this kind of futility. Right.

And in fact, that is exactly what most people do when we talk about climate deniers or we talk about people who don't are unwilling to face it and how frustrated we can feel about people who don't want to face a problem. It is actually cognitively the most elegant solution.