Hypocrit
So, today I read a quote from Stephen J Gould saying people who like biodiversity tend to think of homo sapiens as the biggest catasrophe since the cretaceous extinction event. And I agreed with him. Now, my earlier post was talking about how much faith I have in humanity. I think instead of getting down on myself for being a hypocrit, I should accept that I believe humanity is better without society, and that it is greed that is the root of all the strange predicaments humans have gotten the environment into today. But--my faith in humanity says they did it out of ignorance, not realizing the impact they are going to have on the world, and when they are educated, they will try to reverse. If this isn't true, I am wasting my life.
posted by Michelle at 4:17 PM
1 Comments:
A lot of it is ignorance, and greed, and I would say (speaking for myself) shortsightedness.
I defintley think when people are more aware of the extent of the damage they will think twice more often. I mean, I feel bad after I see footage of wildlife burning or I watch "The Medicine Man" *lol*! And so although I'm not active in saving the environment, it is possible to guilt trip me into stopping short of doing anything to make it worse.
And besides - even if the worst is possible, you're STILL not wasting your life - like, do you think I will even have a dent on making humanity more aspiring or change people's understandings of their history? I seriously doubt it. It would be nice - but I doubt it. But the fact is there wouldn't be much beauty in the world if people like you and I didn't continue to care and try anyway. We might really go ahead and throw away everything then.
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