Jem Bendell (author of Breaking Together) on Sacred Pessimism – Prof Bendell marks 5 years of the Deep Adaptation movement

In April 2024, Professor Jem Bendell delivered a speech to mark the 5th anniversary of the start of the Deep Adaptation movement, when he began the Deep Adaptation Forum to enable that. He delivered it in the country with apparently the largest national Deep Adaptation participation – Hungary. The text of the speech is here: https://jembendell.com/2024/04/29/sac…

“I focused on the fact that people are making hugely significant and positive changes in their lives due to their acceptance of societal collapse. That doesn’t mean things won’t be tough, or there aren’t many more things that could be done… rather, it’s time to recognise that many people are becoming their best selves because they are not lying to themselves anymore. It is thanks to Balazs Stumpf-Biro and Krisztina Csapó, since 2019, that Hungarians have been finding each other to explore that…”

See the full 33 minute speech on YouTube here.