Jon Mills’s End Of The World: Civilization And Its Fate - Book Celebration Virtual Conference

June 9, 2024
This conference is the celebration of a new book by JON MILLS, a philosopher, psychoanalyst, and clinical psychologist - END OF THE WORLD: CIVILIZATION AND ITS FATE. The author and a few colleagues will be reflecting on the topics discussed in this book.
What this book about?
Famine. Extreme climate change. Threats of global war and nuclear annihilation. Obscene wealth disparities. Is civilization destined for self-annihilation? In this timely book, philosopher and psychoanalyst Jon Mills explores the emergencies that could ignite an apocalypse. As we stand idly by in the face of ecological, economic, and societal collapse, we must seriously question whether humanity is under the sway of a collective unconscious death wish. Examining ominous existential risks and drawing on the psychological motivations, unconscious conflicts, and cultural complexes that drive human behavior and social relations, he offers fresh new perspectives on the looming fate of humanity based on a collective bystander disorder.
End of the World is a warning about the dangerous precipice we find ourselves careening toward, and a call to action to take control of our own future.
0:00 Inna Rozentsvit: Introduction to the Book Celebration Conference
9:52 Loray Daws: Introduction to the Book and Jon Mills
41:09 Jon Mills: Response to Loray Daws & Discussion
1:05:29 Danielle Knafo: On AI and Techno-world
1:20:50 Jon Mills: Response to Danielle Knafo & Discussion
1:36:39 Paul Elovitz: On Overpopulation and Other Critical Human Phenomena - A Glass Is Half-Full v. Half-Empty
1:50:51 Jon Mills: Response to Paul Elovitz & Discussion
1:55:23 Ian Huges: On Climate Crisis and Social Responsibility
2:07:44 John Mills: Response to Ian Huges & Discussion
2:20:55 General Discussion