1 INTRODUCTION

The Warning Ignored

Alex fumbled with the radio dial, his eyes flicking between the road and the glowing display of his favorite station. The highway stretched out before him, the rhythm of the tires on the pavement providing a soothing backdrop to his thoughts. Lost in the music and the hypnotic blur of passing scenery, he barely registered the subtle orange glow emanating from the dashboard.
The alarm light blinked persistently, a silent plea for attention amidst the cacophony of melodies. But Alex remained oblivious, his mind occupied with plans for the evening and memories of the day's events. He glanced at the rear-view mirror, adjusting it absentmindedly, unaware of the impending danger looming just beneath the surface. As the miles rolled by, the warning light grew more insistent, its once faint glow now pulsating with urgency. Yet, Alex remained blissfully unaware, his focus drifting further from the present moment with each passing second.
It wasn't until the sound of screeching tires shattered the tranquility of the drive that Alex's reverie was broken. Startled, he jerked upright, his heart racing as he realized the gravity of the situation. Through the windshield, he saw the sea of brake lights ahead, a testament to the chaos unfolding on the highway.
Alex reacted swiftly, his hart starting to accelerate while t the same time estimatin, with some comfort the distance from the first car stopped ahead while slammed his foot on the brake pedal. The car however lurched forward, skidding across the asphalt oblivious of the foot pushing ever harder on the break pedal now squeezed on the car floor , as adrenaline surged through Alex's veins.
With a sickening thud, time seemed to freeze as the impact reverberated through the car. Metal crunched and glass shattered, the world spinning in a blur of motion and noise. And then, as suddenly as it had begun, everything fell silent.
Blinking through the haze of shock, Alex's gaze fell upon the dashboard, where the once ignored break pressure warning light now burned bright amidst the wreckage. It was a stark reminder of the dangers of complacency, a lesson learned too late. For on the road of life, sometimes the most important signals are the ones we fail to see.

Creating awareness and collective agency to react to the signs

Like Alex, most of us rush absentmindedly through life absorbed by the necessities of making a living, running a career, pay the mortgage, raise a family, and, as a society, we do not seem capable to notice the very worrying signals that are flashing in the background of our collective consciousness. How can we make sure that the alarm bells are noticed?
Some believe that shouting louder will have a stronger impact. For example some particularly virulent climate activists engage in high profile actions , like throwing soup at masterpieces in museum, in order to attract attention to their cause. I will not enter in the debate on wether it is a good a bad idea. Surely it does not correspond to my way of engaging in climate education, but I do understand their urge to raise alert. My doubts concerning this approach do not necessarily stem from the risk of damaging insetimable works or art, eve if I have serious reservations on that respect, or the risk of triggering negative reaction and actually feed into climate change denial, which should be a serious concern. I am doubtful because the message will just not get through to people who do not see climate change and ecology as an element of their world. It makes me think of the Namibian Himba tribe. Their language does not include a word for the color blue, and, as a result, they are unable to distinguish a blue square in a group of green squares. And shouting louder at them tat there is a blue square in frot of them will not yeld better results. Their eye sigh is just fine : concerning green, on the other hand, they have mulltiple names and are capable to sort green squres of different shades of green that the average european would have a hard time tell apart(Roberson et al. 2006). The world has a level of complexity that Himba people are not aware of : there is a color they do not know, cannot name and can hardly see when they face. More dramatically It has a level of complexity that climate deniers cannot comprehend : feedback loops in the climate and human interaction will be such they the consequences of their collective actons will eventually hit them back dramatically. It is just as obvious as the bule of they sky, and just as invisible to them ans the color blue to the Himba people It also has a level of complexity that dramatic climate protest will not address : people will not see the problems they protest about, until they have integrated those issues in their world view, no matter how loudly someone shouts at them.
In other words you can talk to people only about things, idea or concept tat are already part of their worldview. They may diagree with you on the importance of the We need some form of collective consciousness and ability to react that is currently missing,especially at the highest levels. One may think that he solution is in changing the leader, and bring to power someone who is more aware of the real problems and has the determination to take serious action. I am afraid it will not happen, actually I do not believe i makes any sense. A single person or a limited number f people just do not have the level of perception to identify and tackle the problems of a specie. Big, detailed engineerd social or political designs have always failed. Social organizations are emergent structures , and we will not be able to build better ones by sitting at some form of design board .
#idea The notion of the power separation in 3 powers is driving most of the states. Montesqueu's simple idea had more impact in shaping societies around the worls than In many cases it is just a fake, but for some reason, even dictatorial regimes feel the urge to have nominally separate legislative.
So , to achieve change, there is no need to design a new , complicated social structures, that will be fragile and brittle and will not withstand the test of time or of challenging events. We need to redefine the fabric of society , starting from ourselves and