Kingston WritersFest 2020 Virtual Festival: Reaching for Hope – Transformation of a World in Peril

The Kingston WritersFest 2020 virtual festival takes place September 23-27, 2020, with more than 60 writers in nearly 50 events over 5 days! The festival will include the stories of women, the stories of Indigenous writers, writers of different experiences, cultural backgrounds, and orientations.

Reaching for Hope – Transformation of a World in Peril: 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm on September 24th, 2020

Can humanity pull itself back from the abyss of extinction? In Commanding Hope, Thomas Homer-Dixon, analytical philosopher and author of bestsellers The Ingenuity Gap, and The Upside of Down, offers a compelling corrective to a prevailing pessimism that it’s too late to stave off climate catastrophe and that it’s hopeless to attempt change in time to halt what seems inevitable. Arguing that in the face of the undoubted complexity of the current situation, we may find that uncertainty is not always as dangerous as we think, and surprises are not always bad. Join Tad and podcaster, Ben Charland, as they unpack the potential for hope.

Author Patrons: Steve Iscoe and Jan Walter, Thomas Homer-Dixon; Blurred Words Book Club, Ben Charland