In fact, an alarm goes off at the crack of dawn.
\nOnce again a catastrophe looms on the agenda of humanity. The numbers are clear. The calculation is precise.
\nScientists are in a panic, but they speak calmly, because the truth does not shout, the truth provides evidence.
\n\u201cHe's coming,\u201d they say.
\n\u201cStop it,\u201d they say.
\nBut the truth is people's least favorite thing.
\nAgain, the first stop for a solution is politics.
\nBut the political agenda is not about the disaster itself, but about its impact on the elections.
\n\u201cIs now the time?\u201d
\n\u201cLet's wait a bit.\u201d
\n\u201cWill the voters take it?\u201d
\nThe threat is huge, but it does not attract the attention of decision-makers; they are all fixed in their seats.
\nThen they go back to their ordinary, everyday political agenda.
\nDays pass and the danger grows closer.
\nJust then something else explodes.
\nA scandal that affects politics.
\nThe screens instantly turn there.
\nDisaster can wait, but not scandal.
\nBut politics does not like this either.
\nHe doesn't want the cameras on his scandals.
\nThe agenda must change.
\nBecause scandal is uncontrolled; it can influence the outcome of public elections.
\nThe agenda needs to be redirected.
\nPolitics needs to breathe.
\nIt is at this point that they return to the great catastrophe that they have been turning away from for some time, that they have forgotten, but which in fact has never disappeared.
\n\u201cDon't worry,\u201d they say.
\n\u201cWe will solve this.\u201d
\nThe media steps in.
\nThe public is persuaded.
\nThe faces that will end the disaster are put on screen.
\nExperts, managers, saviors...
\nIt keeps the story of rescue and savior.
\nBecause it is no longer a question of the catastrophe itself, but of who will manage it.
\nThen the media stage opens with all its lights.
\nThe studios are bright. Presenters smile.
\nThe disaster is turned into a \u201cpleasant topic of conversation\u201d.
\nA little bit of science, a little bit of magazine, some other agendas.
\n\u201cYou are too pessimistic,\u201d scientists are told.
\n\u201cBe positive.\u201d
\nThe truth is softened, polished, even made funny because it doesn't fit the ratings.
\nThen the economic narrative begins.
\n\u201cThis disaster is actually a great opportunity,\u201d they say.
\nThere are mines.
\nThere are rare elements.
\nCharts go up.
\nThe stock market will soar.
\nEveryone will prosper.
\nYes, indeed, someone's economy will improve.
\nCapital waits on the sidelines with its mouth watering.
\nBecause for them, disasters are opportunities to be seized, not things to be stopped.
\nThe end of humanity is just a small footnote on the balance sheet.
\nOn the social media scene, there is a completely different crowd.
\nHashtags pop up.
\nPeople are divided into two:
\nThose who see and those who choose not to see.
\nTruth is no longer a matter of evidence; it is a matter of sides.
\nA post is made, an outrage erupts, then a new agenda comes.
\nEven disaster disappears in the flow.
\nHuman emotions are shattered in the meantime.
\nSome deny it because they don't want to be afraid.
\nSome make fun of it because seriousness is tiring.
\nSome shout but their voices are drowned in the noise.
\nSome know everything but do nothing because they are not heard.
\nEveryone seems to be right, everyone seems to be helpless.
\nAnd time passes.
\nThe countdown continues.
\nThe screens are still bright.
\nThe words are still crowded.
\nThe truth remains in the same place.
\nWhat is described here are selected scenes from a movie and their connotations.
\nBut only if what is being described is familiar,
\nwe are the actors in this movie.
\nDon't Look Up.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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