If you can't really change the world - should you even try ?

 If you can't  really change the world  eg "save the planet" - should you even try ?

The answer is Yes absolutely .
Did you get that ?- Yes absolutely 

So why shouldn't we all join  WWFN and Green alliances to save the planet ? No  certainly not just yet --see suggestion at the end 

Summary 

Those who spend their surplus energy on campaigns to influence both perception and action by governments need to take stock of how sustainable changes in society and resource use actually happens . You can't force people to be good or spend all our taxes on incentives , but as Australian of the year Dylan Alcott  says, we can influence perception and therefore set a vision for better action by seeing opportunities, many of which , in politics  and the popular political mind are simply not seen before they happen . 

So  best to forget the obvious causes ?  yes , especially the causes (usually quickfix ) implied in fixing the problem . 
Solving problems practically and effectively requires the sort of precision and precision of vision that only good students can provide . 

The most effective way is the issue ....   and not one that's well perceived at the moment
The most effective way is for you and I to do  what we can,  where we can , That's infact the history of the West at its best .Study and show yourself effective . The best kind of STEM career  Study Teaches Effective Method . 

Some background 
When God created the world it was a mess  and when he let man do his own thing it got even worse.  So those who think they can save the planet ought to study the Creator ( We only need to read the first 3 chapters of Genesis to get the gist of it ) It goes from there .
The question for you the reader is ---You wannabe the overreach agent and waste your energy? You wanna play God when even God calls the situation almost hopeless . Read the Hebrew words used to describe God's caring actions before you dismiss its way of responding to crisis.

The key point is God didn't give up on trying to fix things and neither should we . 
 Sometimes it seems that things only go from bad to worse, we all get discouraged and from time to time at least think it must be easier just to think of ourselves. Plenty do 


Again there is that choice - can we if we can't perceive a way forward how will we suatin our energy  fo change when getting there is much harder than we think.   

The thing is Dylan Alcott is right - its about perception  .  

So you still want to risk ineffectiveness ,waste despair and final cynicism? ( You will Still  need a view of man that doesn't inevitably lead to  that !) 

The mistake many post Christians make is they think that perception van be translated to [popular  political action, 
This myth and heresy  this takes some thinking through  but if we were to stand at 2050 ( just as we might have in 1946) and look back we will see the huge wasted effort of Western governments nd marginal political movements to move people that haven't and won't  actually move people and perceptions .  We could start a list here and you could help by responding . 

But let s not go there now - its depressing . Lets go to the window of the cave and look for the positive signs and you should be able to find some in your local area  Here are some in mine and is we students on the ground that made productive progress here   

See Ellul was right -- its not act global think local but still think local and act local   . 

Thinking Globally 
And now ,  while we are aware that over clearing overgrazing and profligate use of our fossil fuel resources still threatens to undermine even the cost carefully constructed economy 

It takes a lot of faith to even believe men are worth the trouble ,Maybe that cynicism is  the perception element that is now being eroded . Its true of us the duel  On one hand  we are greedy self centered  and indifferent and even blind to some of the bigger and wider issues .
What are we effectively doing even now on Australia day 2022  to address the issue that good things only come out of persistent study ? Maybe even Dylan is aiming into the air with the airy fairies by presuming to change perception . Read JB Peterson 



 Join a political group or just start your own ?
( That's a big question  -maybe some of us could join a group   
My point here is to make sure YOU are more effective where you are ---- that's how YOU can change the world ,.   As Dylan  comments below and the testimony of many disabled through history would stat -  ALL humans face the enormous risk of DISTRACTION 
--We only have a limited time here on earth to change the world - don't be distracted by other people and their perceptions and imperative causes
, IT NOT currently popular causes and more importantly your or other poor current perception  of what can be dome to make the world a better place .

The job for you and me is discovery 

"The biggest thing is that for every one thing you can’t do, there are 10,000 others you can. For every one idiot to give you a hard time, there are 10,000 others worth your time."^{[2]  Dylan Alcott}