Randi Hacker – Westmount Magazine

Extinction on My Mind:
Transformative surrender

Just because there’s nothing we can do to change the course we’re on doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do. By Randi Hacker

We still can’t separate what matters from what makes money. By Randi Hacker

It’s time to stop satirizing Donald J. Trump. By Randi Hacker

Eliminating once and for all our taboos against discussing the extinction of the human race. By Randi Hacker

Any organization petitioning me to not let Donald Trump do something is living in a fool’s paradise. By Randi Hacker

Our frenzy of denial endangers the entire planet and all its myriad lifeforms. By Randi Hacker

In the context of Trump, the word is simply another malignant adjective, like criminal or heinous or insane. By Randi Hacker

The sixth is the only extinction that has been caused by a creature of the Earth – us. By Randi Hacker

There are people in power dedicated to accelerating the destruction of our home planet. By Randi Hacker

I don’t want children to hope for human extinction, I want children to be aware of human extinction. By Randi Hacker

My acceptance of the inevitability of the end of our species and the end of my own life are two different things. By Randi Hacker

Resilience needs to be less focused on climate disasters and more on accepting our extinction. By Randi Hacker