Re:The most intellectual creature to ever walk Earth is dest...
by BLKNSLVR on Sunday November 04, 2018 @07:12PM
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I think almost everyone would agree with that from the consideration of the pinhole of their comfortable life.
The improvements in human quality of life from 1960 to 2018 are, however, at the expense of the natural world from which we came. The comforts of 2018 separate us almost entirely from the ecosystems that sustain the very basics of life. The separation and 'outsourcing' of these basics leads us to taking them for granted which lets growth and expansion happen without consideration of long-term consequences.
I think, however, by 1960 we were well on our way to how we find ourselves in 2018.
I'm not pointing my finger at you, I'm of the same opinion, I'm just using your comment to question the cost of what we have in 2018.
We've woken up to find ourselves on a train speeding towards a destination we don't want to reach, and there are lots of carriages between us and the engine (that turned into Snowpiercer, it was unintentional), but the carriage we're in is so comfortable and well-appointed that even the thought of attempting the journey towards the engine is exhausting.
The improvements in human quality of life from 1960 to 2018 are, however, at the expense of the natural world from which we came. The comforts of 2018 separate us almost entirely from the ecosystems that sustain the very basics of life. The separation and 'outsourcing' of these basics leads us to taking them for granted which lets growth and expansion happen without consideration of long-term consequences.
I think, however, by 1960 we were well on our way to how we find ourselves in 2018.
I'm not pointing my finger at you, I'm of the same opinion, I'm just using your comment to question the cost of what we have in 2018.
We've woken up to find ourselves on a train speeding towards a destination we don't want to reach, and there are lots of carriages between us and the engine (that turned into Snowpiercer, it was unintentional), but the carriage we're in is so comfortable and well-appointed that even the thought of attempting the journey towards the engine is exhausting.