Resistance to painful information on the grounds that we ca… - Joanna Macy

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Resistance to painful information on the grounds that we cannot do anything about it springs less from powerlessness (as measured by our capacity to effect change) than from the fear of feeling powerless.

Joanna Macy

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Joanna Rogers Macy (born May 2, 1929) is an environmental activist, author, scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology.

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Birth Name: Mary Joanne Rogers

Alternative Names: Joanna Rogers Macy

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