At the end of his book Kohak brings up his view which he calls "flannel ecology". The attitude of a flannel ecologist is one of a person who feels we are missing the point if we try to find the right attitude to have. They would feel that we need to see the true merits of each approach and kinda mesh them together. When the author says this, he means that if we are exclusivily for one type of thought, then we miss the point entirely. If we are to take an exclusivly objectified approach of subjuctivity, the this would lead to narcissem which means that you can't see anything beyond yourself. On the opposite end, if we are to take and exclusivly objectivist approach, this would lead to thinking in the abstract- for example that we can make a technology to solve everything. Overall, flannel ecology brings the best of both worlds together.
Kohak mentions that flannel ecology is for everyone, but we first must break out of our ideologies. Personally I think this true. Ideology is the "ideal way to think" or that false consciousness that people share. Many times it feels like people are so caught up in the small details that the larger and more important picture seems to fade out and become fuzzy. Flannel ecology calls for the "refocusing" of our minds to get the broad picture.
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