Wendell Berry's Thoughts in the Presence of Fear 

Some of the sanest most clear-headed thoughts on where we are and where we ought to have the foresight to go.

My neighbor, a humble and thoughtful man to say the least.

thanks for sharing this essay and interview.. the wisdom here is remarkable.. Thank you Wendell Berry for your poetry, your essays, your voice.

Here I sit, Jan 2022, feeling the heart break with the continuous failure of leadership throughout our country on many fronts. How ironic that this piece speaks of 911 and Pearl Harbor as one tribe in Washington looks to tie such historic attacks from abroad to instigated actions of citizens. But what is truly heart breaking is to see that our collective actions as stewards of this earth is more intense energy, promoted by some green deal to hyper expand new forms of energy production that come with new forms of earth destruction from mining to manufacturing.

He's the contrary farmer and I have always been the contrary gardener .We are so alike ,I love his words...

One of America's greatest prophets.

I met WB in 03' in Wichita. Wes Jackson's friend. Great people! God bless Kansas & Kentucky!

Wendell Berry is a great man. from a Norwegian woodworker

Wish everyone, would take time to consider life the way Mr.Berry has.

"We should re-consider our actions and protect the earth and its citizen responsibly ...and morally. Begin by teaching your children well. We cannot spend and consume endlessly ...not an economy based on waste. We need both a peaceable economy and better relations with our global niwhgbours. " ( a partial paraphrasing of this essay ).

how is there only one comment on this?!

34:18 "We do need a new economy but one that is founded on thrift and care on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste" Mr. Berry is bemoaning the basic human condition, basic human nature to be selfish and to ignore the big picture. How will that ever change unless God directly intervenes?

Although I'm enjoying this look back at a simpler time I also recognize the sickness of White altruism. ( Still I have enjoyed this anyway.)

Put your considerable prestige Mr. Berry behind nuclear power and the it would be the beginning of the end of global warming destruction. It would not be the end of species down out but you can't have everything.. But I guess that is not as romantic and poetic as you are. would save thousands of lives and it would allow civilization to survive well into the coming centuries, albeit, poorer so. It is now human consciousness that is needed it is scientific and engineering know how. You will be soon forgotten Mr. Berry. Good riddens.

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