Hey Rachel,

We agree — I’m privileged, radical change is required and there will be a massive impact.

The point I’m here to make is that:

• Panic creates poor outcomes. Just because you (naturally and understandably) feel panicked, does not mean that this will inspire the right actions. Your capacity to think creatively is objectively and measurably diminished when you’re in a state of stress.
• Panic creates fear. Fear creates division and disconnection, the central tenets of capitalism. By acting from a fearful and stressed state, you’re unwittingly choosing to create more division and disconnection.
• You do not have to be in a state of stress and worry to act. Action and calm are not mutually exclusive.

Rather than hoping that things weren’t going to happen, or wishing they were different, I believe we need to get on and act now.

But if we’re going to act in service of the most viable future for all human beings, we have to do away with the *thinking* of capitalism and consumerism at the same time, which is the politics of fear and disconnection.

The challenge here is to accept the facts, and the fear that comes with them, then move past the fear to a place we can act rapidly, creatively and wisely from, shouting as loud as we can if we need to.