Starting on page 43, a multitude of solutions to our environmental problem are listed. I think we should discuss where each of us fall, as well as why we chose it over the rest of the options.
Similarly, and I'm on chapter 3, so I don't know how far everyone else has gotten, but, toward second half of the book, I think it starts to sink in that it's too late, and that while the salvation of humanity is still a achievable, the world as we know it, the biodiversity that has colored our perception of the Earth, the lifestyles, cultures, plants, and animals that make up our reality have already suffered an irreversible damage, and will not be available for future generations.
To delve in on that further, I believe that, now, after reading this far in, that we will NOT be able to sustain, or save, the world, atleast not for anything remotely similar to the lives we live; and therefore, should be more worried about...say, leaving behind to tell others how it use to be. A reminder of what it was like before, similar to what the Mayans or Egyptians did. Just a thought.
Well now you've spoiled it for us, William. ;)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, you're right: if "saving the world" means anything like "business as usual," that's just not possible anymore. And yet, maybe we can leave more behind than a message in a bottle. But what might that be? I'm not generally faith-oriented, but I do kinda think our generation's challenge is to sustain a form of hopefulness so that generations to follow will have an opportunity to innovate in ways we can't now imagine. Isn't that what you transhumanists think, too?
Definitely. Transhumanism is also similar to the Environmental movement inwhich I believe its acceptance is inevitable, will be caused by paradigm shift, and really constitutes the fate of humanity. Yesterday in my Bio class, we talked about how humans haven't been going through Natural selection, if they ever did in the first place, and that selective breeding had largely dominated our genetic future. I believe that that means technology has to be the next step in Evolution, since we have stepped outside the realm of natural cause.
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