I think the root of the problem being addressed here is how to make the idea of ecological resilience resonate in the social mind. It is a problem of the role played by historical inheritance in social cognitive development. Given that we seem incapable of even getting past the primacy of argumentation based on logic and other types of socially sanctioned rhetoric, as bequeathed to Western civilization by the ancient Greeks, quick fixes do not seem to be in the cards for us. We need to accept other ways of knowing without feeling threatened. I am not at all hopeful that any real solution can be found and implemented before both the real threat to our collective survival and the false promise of technological transcendence are much more widely recognized and part of the conventional wisdom. There are always limits to what types of messages can even get through in any culture. Ours is apparently unfit for survival.