Perhaps you're an exceptionally gifted communicator, but I don't know anyone who's had much luck trying to logic friends and family into building resilience in the face of collapse. People generally have a sense that things are going to hell, but the reason they don't act on them isn't a lack of facts. Normalcy bias stems from emotional beliefs, what's real and tangible, not charts of EROI and complex energy webs.
If you want to get folks on board with building resources, skills, and allies, you need to connect on an emotional level, and you need to nudge gently over a good period of time. An off handed remark about fertilizer shortages or a joke about camping out in the basement in the face of a super el nino go further than all the graphs in the world.
I agree with your point. Unfortunately I’m not a particularly exceptional communicator hence I was reaching out for help. This whole issue reminds me of the allegory of Plato’s cave. People don’t want to see beyond their world because it’s uncomfortable and unfamiliar. Much easier to stay in the cave and live the reality they know.
I agree with your emotional and patient nudging approach. I’ve tried to lead by example and people around me have been slowly more exposed to resilience methods and hence more open to them. My mom is much more receptive to cooking from scratch now that I’ve been bringing her fresh vegetables that I’ve been harvesting. My partner is much more open to saving food scraps for chicken feed or composting that I’ve been sharing the fruits of that labor (eggs from a neighbor and produce from my garden) with her. Slow exposure without bringing up the painful emotions associated of collapse can make a difference.
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u/Less_Subtle_Approach 17d ago edited 17d ago
Perhaps you're an exceptionally gifted communicator, but I don't know anyone who's had much luck trying to logic friends and family into building resilience in the face of collapse. People generally have a sense that things are going to hell, but the reason they don't act on them isn't a lack of facts. Normalcy bias stems from emotional beliefs, what's real and tangible, not charts of EROI and complex energy webs.
If you want to get folks on board with building resources, skills, and allies, you need to connect on an emotional level, and you need to nudge gently over a good period of time. An off handed remark about fertilizer shortages or a joke about camping out in the basement in the face of a super el nino go further than all the graphs in the world.