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I think we live in an era of problems that, if you step back and look at them globally, can't be solved. One response to that is, "Oh well, it's all hopeless. The natural world is getting wrecked, birds are disappearing, the planet is warming and so anything we might do on a smaller scale is meaningless."

"Exclusive: Jonathan Franzen sounds off on bird poaching, climate change and “performing love”". Interview with LIindsay Abrams, www.salon.com. April 27, 2015.
I think we live in an era of problems that, if you step back and look at them globally, can't be solved. One response to that is, Oh well, it's all hopeless. The natural world is getting wrecked, birds are disappearing,