http://themoderatevoice.com/23673/the-wall-street-crisis-and-the-coming-ecological-disaster-nachrichten-of-switzerland/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:48:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://themoderatevoice.com/23673/the-wall-street-crisis-and-the-coming-ecological-disaster-nachrichten-of-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-160157 JSpencer Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:56:13 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/moral-values/23673/the-wall-street-crisis-and-the-coming-ecological-disaster-nachrichten-of-switzerland/#comment-160157 APR, I should have been more specific, my rant had to do with homo sapiens. Even then, it's only been during the last 10K years they moved away from hunter-gatherering. And of course it's only been very recently that we've become such a threat to the planet. And no, I'm not suggesting we should go back to hunter-gatherering, only that we should have been using our brains for more then short-sighted goals. APR, I should have been more specific, my rant had to do with homo sapiens. Even then, it's only been during the last 10K years they moved away from hunter-gatherering. And of course it's only been very recently that we've become such a threat to the planet. And no, I'm not suggesting we should go back to hunter-gatherering, only that we should have been using our brains for more then short-sighted goals.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/23673/the-wall-street-crisis-and-the-coming-ecological-disaster-nachrichten-of-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-160140 APR Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:35:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/moral-values/23673/the-wall-street-crisis-and-the-coming-ecological-disaster-nachrichten-of-switzerland/#comment-160140 Of course dinosaurs are an entire clade of animals containing many species so the comparison on evolutionary time scales is inaccurate. Most species only last a few million years, humans have been around about 200,000 years, but the genus Homo has been around for well over 2 million, so actually we are doing pretty good. Better than Tyrannosaurus ever did. Of course dinosaurs are an entire clade of animals containing many species so the comparison on evolutionary time scales is inaccurate. Most species only last a few million years, humans have been around about 200,000 years, but the genus Homo has been around for well over 2 million, so actually we are doing pretty good. Better than Tyrannosaurus ever did.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/23673/the-wall-street-crisis-and-the-coming-ecological-disaster-nachrichten-of-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-160135 JSpencer Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:03:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/moral-values/23673/the-wall-street-crisis-and-the-coming-ecological-disaster-nachrichten-of-switzerland/#comment-160135 Unchecked reproduction, rampant ignorance, mindless consumption, and worse yet, a stupid faith on the part of many that this is a peachy way to "live" - this is all ruining a once glittering jewel of a planet, and trashing the potential humans may once have had for learning the importance of living in harmony rather than insisting on being idiot gods. Humans are enormously clever, but not very intelligent as a species. The dinosaurs will have had a much longer reign here than we will have at the rate we're going. I guess that's obvious enough... except to those who find their comfort in ignorance - willful or otherwise. Too bad for the minority who have a clue but are so vastly outnumbered. Frankly the whole thing sucks. If I didn't have people who still depended on me I'd go off and live in some remote area where I could spend my remaining years pretending the insensible, exploiting tide of humanity didn't exist. Apologies to all for my misanthropic moment. Tomorrow is another day... Unchecked reproduction, rampant ignorance, mindless consumption, and worse yet, a stupid faith on the part of many that this is a peachy way to “live” – this is all ruining a once glittering jewel of a planet, and trashing the potential humans may once have had for learning the importance of living in harmony rather than insisting on being idiot gods. Humans are enormously clever, but not very intelligent as a species. The dinosaurs will have had a much longer reign here than we will have at the rate we're going. I guess that's obvious enough… except to those who find their comfort in ignorance – willful or otherwise. Too bad for the minority who have a clue but are so vastly outnumbered. Frankly the whole thing sucks. If I didn't have people who still depended on me I'd go off and live in some remote area where I could spend my remaining years pretending the insensible, exploiting tide of humanity didn't exist. Apologies to all for my misanthropic moment. Tomorrow is another day…

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