How to be an "apocalyptic optimist" | Dana R. Fisher

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Dana R. Fisher calls herself an "apocalyptic optimist" based on her research as a sociologist of large social movements. Her studies suggest that ever-increasing climate disasters will get people out in the streets demanding the action we need. She breaks down how to cultivate resilience to catastrophe in yourself and your community — and how to rally for change in the face of seemingly intractable problems.

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0:00.0	TED Audio Collective.
0:09.2	You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity
0:13.9	every day. I'm your host, Elise Hugh. Advice today about how to make change in the face of what can
0:20.8	feel like intractable problems.
0:24.0	Dana Fisher calls herself an apocalyptic optimist. And in her 2024 talk, she encourages us to
0:31.0	all become apocalyptic optimists better prepared for the shocks that are coming to our ecosystem,
0:40.0	our political systems, or ways of life, but also ready to rally. It's coming up after the break. Ted Talks Daily is sponsored by
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1:24.5	My name is Graham Isidore. I have a progressive eye disease called Caritoconis.
1:29.3	And maying I'm losing my vision has been hard, but explaining it to other people has been harder.
1:34.3	Lately, I've been trying to talk about it.
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1:53.5	And now our TED Talk of the Day. I call myself an apocalyptic optimist, but I wasn't always this way.
2:03.6	I used to believe that technology could save us from the climate crisis, that all the big brains in the world would come up with a silver bullet
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