Spencer R. Scott, PhD
1 min readAug 28, 2020

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Hi André! Thank you for your response. Yes, the restlessness and rootlessness (and how that manifests in cultural and political behavior) is something I constantly am striving to help people see. There is such a broken mentality of land as one-way service-provider (sometimes as a result of economic structures that prohibit many people form owning land) but other times just because there exists no cultural understanding of humans as part of ecosystem.

I actually had a note about the difference between climate refugees (who, at no fault of their own) have no option but to seek safety elsewhere, versus "climate deserters" who do have options and move out of comfort not necessity. There's definitely some nuance there - and don't want to imply *no one* should be moving in response to changes in climate.

Agreed on the irony of permanent settlements where it may not be appropriate. I think adapting to that conundrum will have to be a part of the development of coming to understand place.

Love the international community this cultural transformation is growing. Thank you for participating from Berlin :)

Cheers,

Spencer

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Spencer R. Scott, PhD
Spencer R. Scott, PhD

Written by Spencer R. Scott, PhD

Synthetic biologist & philosopher focusing on the climate crisis. PhD in Bioengineering, fledgling in regenerative farming. (Seeking Writing Agent)

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