Sunday, August 15, 2021

Do We Humans Have Too Much Power? — Richard Heinberg

Apparently we have enough power to drive ourselves to extinction, or at least a severe culling. Is that "too much"?
Do some people have too much power over others? Do we humans have too much power over the natural world? These questions get to the heart of our biggest global problems. They also force us to think critically about the way society is organized, and about our own behavior. We often tend to give knee-jerk answers, but too much is at stake for that. We need to think critically and contextually….
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Do We Humans Have Too Much Power?
Richard Heinberg
Originally at Museletter



1 comment:

Peter Pan said...

Opportunistic behavior that drives a species to fill all available habitat, is a product of evolution. Culture is insufficient to address that challenge.