Your comments resonate loudly and clearly. Humans are indeed a blight on the planet's ecosystems. As Neil Armstrong warned NASA about Apollo 13' problems when returning to Earth::, "Houston, we have a problem", I would assess the human presence on Earth with similar urgency: "Humanity, we have a problem".
Personally, although our problems seem unsolvable, and they very well might be, I've seen a lot of baseball games decided in the last inning. Yogi Berra said it best: "It ain't over till it's over". We haven't been knocked out yet, but how many more punches can we take. There's a theory called 'The Hundredth Monkey theory' in which it was found that if a good idea comes along and enough monkeys adopt it, that it will inevitably change the habits of the tribe.
Without sounding too optimistic, I think such an idea is still in our deck of cards... all we have to do is find it... Any suggestions ???
Maybe putting limits on what money implies can also help. What bothers me a lot is that there have been thousands of social revolutions, and money still making the world go round... it doesn't have to be that way..... the trick is how to make it so it has less importance in our lives... Money won't go away, but its nasty sides could..
For example, why not make it illegal to own more than 3 homes....(arbitrary) including organizations and corporations....? A few corporations own more than 2 million homes, and counting... Did you know King Charles III technically owns about 6 billion acres of land ... about 1/6 of the planet's land... billions with a B... He/She should own... 1 or 2 without the Billion... If insanity left the room, no humans would be found left in it.
Gypsy,
Your comments resonate loudly and clearly. Humans are indeed a blight on the planet's ecosystems. As Neil Armstrong warned NASA about Apollo 13' problems when returning to Earth::, "Houston, we have a problem", I would assess the human presence on Earth with similar urgency: "Humanity, we have a problem".
Personally, although our problems seem unsolvable, and they very well might be, I've seen a lot of baseball games decided in the last inning. Yogi Berra said it best: "It ain't over till it's over". We haven't been knocked out yet, but how many more punches can we take. There's a theory called 'The Hundredth Monkey theory' in which it was found that if a good idea comes along and enough monkeys adopt it, that it will inevitably change the habits of the tribe.
Without sounding too optimistic, I think such an idea is still in our deck of cards... all we have to do is find it... Any suggestions ???
Hi John
My only suggestion is eliminating MONEY.
How about something very doable, Nationalize the following:
Healthcare
Energy
Communication
Higher Education
These are a start : ) If we make those changes peoples lives with change for the better making further changes possible
Landru,
Maybe putting limits on what money implies can also help. What bothers me a lot is that there have been thousands of social revolutions, and money still making the world go round... it doesn't have to be that way..... the trick is how to make it so it has less importance in our lives... Money won't go away, but its nasty sides could..
For example, why not make it illegal to own more than 3 homes....(arbitrary) including organizations and corporations....? A few corporations own more than 2 million homes, and counting... Did you know King Charles III technically owns about 6 billion acres of land ... about 1/6 of the planet's land... billions with a B... He/She should own... 1 or 2 without the Billion... If insanity left the room, no humans would be found left in it.