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When environmental awareness ruins natural joy

I love the ocean but every time I go to the beach I see plastic and dead fish and I can't enjoy the beauty anymore because I can only see the destruction.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Knowledge of ecological collapse can poison our ability to experience wonder, making consciousness feel like a curse that separates us from simple pleasure.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Animal rights and our ethical relationship with nature?”

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