Episode 365 of the Reversing Climate Change podcast. You can listen to it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your shows.
Is that a noble man rejecting modernity and embracing tradition? Or is it a lunatic with a lance trying to disembowel a shepherd?
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes (Saavedra) is the much beloved literary classic—and perhaps the world's first true novel—but its reputation goes far beyond the book itself. The character has spawned his own adjective: "quixotic", which gets levied at anyone who dares to dream a bit too big.
But is this a word kind of like "epicurean", whose true meaning is subverted by modern use? I believe the answer is yes.
This episode goes out to all of the climate people who dare to dream of a better, kinder world, and why I don't think your critics know what being "quixotic" means.
