Thinking in Dark Times

I found the thinking in dark times video very hard to listen to. Dr. Roger Berkowitz was a very boring person to listen to and his concepts were very hard for me to understand. One thing that I did hear him talk about a lot and I liked was this common theme of hope. It seemed like no matter what happened or will happen we must keep hope in mind. He explained that this was an idea from Hannah Arendt and after anything she would explain she would end it with some type of hope. There is also a point where they talk about survival. Hannah Arendt argues that what is at stake is survival and human existence. I don’t think this is true because I feel as though at some point in time this earth will no longer host us. We have less than 100 year of gasoline left which means we have a limited time to find an alternative energy source. On top of that our population on this planet continues to keep growing nonstop and that means resources that are irreplaceable will run out much quicker. Therefore, I believe that regardless of what we do to survive some day we will reach “the end of the world.” It’s inevitable. One thing that really interested me was when Dr. Roger Berkowitz read a quote. This quote stated, “factual truth is greeted with greater hostility than ever before.” This quote honestly got me to think about how people never want to listen to any advice anymore. The world is at a point where people just have to live and learn on their own because everyone is so hard headed these days. Overall Dr. Berkowitz had some interesting things to say but I believe his presentation of it wasn’t up to par. He had a very mellow voice that put listeners to sleep and was just reading quotes a lot of the time. I struggled paying attention at times because of this and I wish he could’ve presented better.