Is ‘Polycrisis’ the Right Word for Our Times?

Asher Miller of the Post-Carbon Institute critiques Dan Drezner’s dismissal of the term polycrisis and his worry that it promotes fatalism and inaction. Miller counterargues that “only in understanding the true nature of our predicament and accepting the need for systemic shifts in virtually all aspects of the modern world can we find the agency to step into a liminal space of possibility — a sort of “in-betweenness” or transition period full of uncertainty — of possibility with courage, compassion, and creativity.”