Don't know who else can't sleep because their mind is heavy with world news, but if you're hittin' the despair hard because of increased risks of war spillover, you're not alone. Our species never learns.
Some months ago, writing about WWI sedition laws, I noted the hard truth that the world is full of gung-ho nationalists, which makes any humanist barely tolerated scum, because we *know* history belies the notion of a war to end all wars, & are so effing sick of the gamification of it all. /×
It's not just that our cultures' moral compasses are already shot; it's also that this isn't going to get any better so long as the temp keeps rising, escalating resource wars, migration pressures, & bodily stress leading to more small-c conservative behaviours: risk aversion, tribalism, distrust of new & competing intel.
Today's level of warfare could very easily be the *lowest* we see for the rest of our lives.
But hey, fear is the mindkiller right?
Can't give our awful world a head start. 🕯️
