If we cannot figure out how to make democracy work, then not only are we in trouble, but the planet is in a great deal of trouble, too. Always before, when governments collapsed or civilizations have gone under, the damage has been somewhat limited to the geographic proximity of that place. But because of climate change we’re now at the moment where what happens in a place as big and important as the United States happens everywhere. And that’s what keeps me up at night. Continue reading