But let us return to James Lovelock for a moment; early on in The Vanishing Face of Gaia he does recognize his pessimism and the fact that the the grim message in his last book,
Catastrophic climate destabilization. Sounds scary, right? Well, quite frankly, most of the projected impacts of our changing climate are, in fact, very scary. But is fear useful to us in this situation?
I believe that the environmental crisis is our greatest test as a species. It may also lead to our finest moment. But we have lots of work to do. One piece of the Great Work is to learn the Great Story of our evolving Universe, to come to see it as our own sacred story and to ponder its lessons, all the while celebrating its grandeur and acting as if our very lives depended on it—because, of course, they do.Air Max Hyperposite
he does recognize his pessimism and the fact that the the grim message in his last book,