My two cents on Nolan's Odyssey, for Romanticon romanticon.substack.com/p/sing-the-l...
Sing the Legend
The Odyssey, Literacy, and Civilizational Collapse
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Roy Scranton
@royscranton.bsky.social
Learning to die. Latest book IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS. Teaches at Notre Dame.
Just a reminder that Odyssey cyclops puppeteer Bill Irwin got his movie start in Robert Altman's Popeye (1981), playing Ham Gravy, Olive Oyl's old boyfriend. He was a clown in the Pickle Family Circus, an animal free circus that grew out of the San Francisco Mime Troupe in 1975.
Another historical inaccuracy from Nolan—IMAX had not yet been invented in the Mycenaean period, so this is not the aspect ratio that people saw in! Smh
I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times
For all those interested in communication and behavior change, organizing, advocacy, and activism, this is worth your time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdPI...
Roy Scranton | Climate Change and the Virtues of Pessimism
YouTube video by The Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory
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Your 'doom quote' for today: "Pessimism begins with suffering, and paying attention to suffering is itself painful, which may be one reason why so many people reject it out of hand." www.thriftbooks.com/w/impasse-cl...
Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits... book by Roy Scranton
Buy a cheap copy of Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits... book by Roy Scranton. A Next Big Idea Club Must Read for August 2025 We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe. Extr...
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We're living in a "Rube Goldberg machine held together with fiber-optic cable, fossil fuels, shipping containers, and narrative." Roy Scranton
Live now. Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again. JEAN-LUC PICARD
BiRdMaNsf67 🌈@morrowjamesadam.bsky.social · 11mo agoLIVING IN THE TIME OF DYING is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding purpose and meaning within it. (2022) youtu.be/UftuDAkwM3I
Your 'doom quote' for today: "Part of the problem is the 'we' here, because that 'we' includes almost two hundred sovereign nations ... various corporate entities .. and an elite group of rich and powerful ..." www.thriftbooks.com/w/were-doome...
We're Doomed. Now What? Essays on War... book by Roy Scranton
Buy a cheap copy of We're Doomed. Now What? Essays on War... book by Roy Scranton. An American Orwell for the age of Trump, Roy Scranton faces the unpleasant facts of our day with fierce insight and h...
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You’re happily reading an academic work of literary studies, Harvard U Press, no less, thinking “yes, very wise,” when you come upon a dismissive reference to Alan Moore’s Watchmen as “The Nightwatchman.” I don’t think most people have any idea how sloppy a lot of academic publishing is.
every time you see a headline that begins with “we have to,” replace the “we” with “you” and you’ll immediately understand the purpose of the piece and the power dynamics at play
Really appreciate the shout-out for ethical pessimism from the incredible @naomioreskes.bsky.social on @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/naom...
Naomi Oreskes on scientific integrity and ethical pessimism
The science historian talks about scientific integrity and public opinion
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Research for my next book on Popeye and the Odyssey: hiking to Eumaeus' Cave on Itháki
A beautifully written and thoughtful essay! I’ve always found the strong response against @royscranton.bsky.social ‘s first book puzzling and often wondered how many people had bothered to read it.
Daegan Miller@daeganmiller.bsky.social · 3mo agoBeen itching to write this essay for years, and @literaryhub.bsky.social made it happen: on "the ultimate doomist" @royscranton.bsky.social his new book on ethical pessimism, and why it's important to read past title of his (in)famous *Learning to Die in the Anthropocene*. lithub.com/lessons-in-l...
What always stood out to me was that when it was science reporting, the journalist might get it wrong in communicating about it, but they never allowed the reader to think they had done the science. But when it was history or lit crit? Just came out of their own noggin, I guess! No expertise needed.
"But when significant chunks of someone's writing appears word-for-word without quotation marks, it is generally considered plagiarism" www.npr.org/2026/05/17/n...
New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations
The high-profile writer, who has written a forthcoming book about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is being investigated by the magazine after being called out for copying the work of other writers.
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#TalkCollapse #TalkCollapseLibrary Worth reading – an interview with Roy Scranton about his book "Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress" "The Myth of Progress paralyzes citizens with the promise that if they just hold on today, if they just wait, tomorrow will be better."
Embracing Pessimism amidst Collapse: An Interview with Roy Scranton - Diacritics
Embracing Pessimism amidst Collapse: An Interview with Roy Scranton Roy Scranton is Associate Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, where he is Director of the Notre Dame Environmental...
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Is Roy Scranton actually “the ultimate doomist?” Or just misunderstood?
Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)
I remember the thrill of transgression I felt the first time I pulled Roy Scranton’s Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization off a shelf. It was at City Lights…
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I found this defense of author Roy Scranton to be compelling. I haven’t read him, but I would like to. According to this author, Scranton posits that the one thing that all living creatures share is the experience of suffering. And therein lies the key to compassion. lithub.com/lessons-in-l...
Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)
I remember the thrill of transgression I felt the first time I pulled Roy Scranton’s Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization off a shelf. It was at City Lights…
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Been itching to write this essay for years, and @literaryhub.bsky.social made it happen: on "the ultimate doomist" @royscranton.bsky.social his new book on ethical pessimism, and why it's important to read past title of his (in)famous *Learning to Die in the Anthropocene*. lithub.com/lessons-in-l...
Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)
I remember the thrill of transgression I felt the first time I pulled Roy Scranton’s Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization off a shelf. It was at City Lights…
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Who's afraid of the ultimate doomist? @daeganmiller.bsky.social takes to LitHub to talk about my book IMPASSE, climate discourse, and how pessimism is actually "a deeply vital way of attuning oneself to the world." lithub.com/lessons-in-l...
Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)
I remember the thrill of transgression I felt the first time I pulled Roy Scranton’s Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization off a shelf. It was at City Lights…
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"Thank you Mary Doyle, Will Mackin, Roy Scranton, Matt Gallagher, and Hassan Blasim for being so generous with your time and your thoughts." From July 20, 2021https://acolytesofwar.com/2021/07/20/talk-talk-interviews-with-mary-doyle-will-mackin-roy-scranton-matt-gallagher-hassan-blasim/
Talk Talk: Interviews with Mary Doyle, Will Mackin, Roy Scranton, Matt Gallagher, Hassan Blasim
Interviews with prominent authors in the war-mil-vet-conflict scene are always a treat, even when the subjects go to dark places. Below are links to and excerpts from five such interviews I’v…
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Your 'doom quote' for today: "It's about learning to die and learning to live with death. And finally, it's about committing to a radical and paradoxical hope: the hope that life might be worth living after the end of the world." www.amazon.com/Impasse-Clim...
Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
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I talked about climate change, problems in climate communication, and the virtues of pessimism with Dipesh Chakrabarty at UChicago 3CT youtu.be/mdPIPbjYb6Y?...
Roy Scranton | Climate Change and the Virtues of Pessimism
YouTube video by The Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory
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Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness and Desire —15th century Netherlandish tapestry
