hokay, so...we're definitely going to blow ourselves up
okay so after i spent about an hour on bash after reading laura's post...i'll get back to what i was originally gonna say earlier.
today i had a terrible 'hate on humanity' day because i was reading too many 'save the earth' articles. seriousy, the north pacific gyre is probably the most depressing thing i've ever heard of. i'm also trying to find the article i was reading from earlier today where the top 10 most polluted areas in north america are in canada. great.
so i was thinking about why the human race is failing so badly, and it all comes down to avarice. the desire for monetary gain. money. i wrote a pourly constructed and unsupported essay about it in grade 12 philosophy, but i'm seriously considering seeing what it would take to turn that theory into a book. since i'm working in the writing and publishing department at work, i'm gonna talk to a couple people and see what's actually involved in getting a book pubslished, then i need to compile a shit load of research and put it all together. and most of you are probably rolling your eyes at another one of my outlandish ideas, but i feel like it's important and i want to do something to raise people's awareness that money is not everything. especially when it comes at the expense (literally) of our planet.
i get really, really depressed when i think about how bad the environment is and how much it would take to fix it. let alone reverse it. i remember reading one article that even if we stopped all CO2 emmissions altogether, it would still take FIFTY THOUSAND years for the atmosphere to go back to the way it was a hundred years ago. everyone says humans are so great because we've made such massive 'progress'. and i agree that our advancements in technology and medecine have been great, but i can't help thinking about how blind we've been as a whole. thinking that using up any and all resources for our own gain wouldn't ever be our problem. thinking that coal plants and car exhaust wouldn't clog up the atmosphere we need to survive. thinking that producing billions of tons of non-biodegradeable plastic products would not have to end up somewhere eventually. thinking that all the shit we've put the earth through wouldn't come back and bite us in the ass. not biting the hand that feeds you comes to mind. and yes people are making progress with green energy and buildings, and other environmental solutions, but it seems to me like it's never going to be enough. the worst part is, the people who have the resources to actually do something about it are so worried about their stocks plummeting that they're not willing to give up their million dollar homes and private jets. if you ask anyone in north america or europe what they want in life, they'll likely say money. for what? a nice house? a nice car? good looking clothes? well those are all great, but your luis vuitton sunglasses won't help when the entire planet is roasting underneath a coat of chemicals that 'progress' has brought us.
it seems like we should stop prolonging the inevitable and find a way for any of these to work. sigh.
it kindof makes me feel terrible for being alive.
today i had a terrible 'hate on humanity' day because i was reading too many 'save the earth' articles. seriousy, the north pacific gyre is probably the most depressing thing i've ever heard of. i'm also trying to find the article i was reading from earlier today where the top 10 most polluted areas in north america are in canada. great.
so i was thinking about why the human race is failing so badly, and it all comes down to avarice. the desire for monetary gain. money. i wrote a pourly constructed and unsupported essay about it in grade 12 philosophy, but i'm seriously considering seeing what it would take to turn that theory into a book. since i'm working in the writing and publishing department at work, i'm gonna talk to a couple people and see what's actually involved in getting a book pubslished, then i need to compile a shit load of research and put it all together. and most of you are probably rolling your eyes at another one of my outlandish ideas, but i feel like it's important and i want to do something to raise people's awareness that money is not everything. especially when it comes at the expense (literally) of our planet.
i get really, really depressed when i think about how bad the environment is and how much it would take to fix it. let alone reverse it. i remember reading one article that even if we stopped all CO2 emmissions altogether, it would still take FIFTY THOUSAND years for the atmosphere to go back to the way it was a hundred years ago. everyone says humans are so great because we've made such massive 'progress'. and i agree that our advancements in technology and medecine have been great, but i can't help thinking about how blind we've been as a whole. thinking that using up any and all resources for our own gain wouldn't ever be our problem. thinking that coal plants and car exhaust wouldn't clog up the atmosphere we need to survive. thinking that producing billions of tons of non-biodegradeable plastic products would not have to end up somewhere eventually. thinking that all the shit we've put the earth through wouldn't come back and bite us in the ass. not biting the hand that feeds you comes to mind. and yes people are making progress with green energy and buildings, and other environmental solutions, but it seems to me like it's never going to be enough. the worst part is, the people who have the resources to actually do something about it are so worried about their stocks plummeting that they're not willing to give up their million dollar homes and private jets. if you ask anyone in north america or europe what they want in life, they'll likely say money. for what? a nice house? a nice car? good looking clothes? well those are all great, but your luis vuitton sunglasses won't help when the entire planet is roasting underneath a coat of chemicals that 'progress' has brought us.
it seems like we should stop prolonging the inevitable and find a way for any of these to work. sigh.
it kindof makes me feel terrible for being alive.