In survival there is a concept that is commonly talked about that refers to a point past return. Where even though you may not perceive the depth of the danger you are in, it is actually your last change to meaningfully do something about it. This happens in all sorts of
situations. Things like hypothermia. The time you NEED to do something about it isn't when you are huddled up in a ball deeply shivering, you are already impaired at that point. Your chances of surviving have already been substantially reduced. You needed to do something long
long before when you were only just starting to lose your fine motor skills. There are all sorts of little tricks people learn to spot when they are getting close to these kinds of points. Like touching your thumb to your pinky for hypothermia.
Anyway this isn't really a thread about survival skills, this is a thread about the fact that we aren't very good at recognizing when we are actually in danger. When I look around at the world today my inner voice is screaming at me that we are running right on past things
that should be assessment checks. The media is full of talk of "energy super powers" and "pipelines" and other frankly meaningless nonsense while some of the largest cities on the planet are becoming uninhabitable right in front of our eyes. This should be a major assessment
check, but it just isn't and that's not even close to the only thing there are so many major things that should be causing major assessment checks that simply aren't. To me it feels a lot like we are deep on a path, the suns going down & no one is even asking if we have a map.
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