tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post6727314970881598839..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: Evan Conley H1 - Global Resource Depletion, Post #1Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-47155088492147719062015-04-26T08:58:54.229-05:002015-04-26T08:58:54.229-05:00"how long will it take for us to kick our ass..."how long will it take for us to kick our asses into gear and start making changes to save the future?" - It usually takes a crisis, and I fear we're like the frog in imperceptibly-hotter water. The change in temperature (figuratively meaning resource depletion and, in the case of climate change, literally hotter too) may be just slow enough to seem like a non-crisis. But the frog gets boiled, either way.<br /><br />On the other hand, your generation still has a chance to dial down the faucet if enough consciences get raised quickly enough. To that end, check out Naomi Klein's new book "This Changes Everything."<br /><br />Courage!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-50560145907095512532015-04-21T15:17:38.527-05:002015-04-21T15:17:38.527-05:00I see where you are coming from. And change is alw...I see where you are coming from. And change is always slow but people expect one thing to change everything but we adapt so quickly that things change and we just adapt before even realizing that something is different. SO I really hope that we are able to change our habits. Think about women's rights since the 1950's. Janie Kullmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16965244136996621992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-8549327985558184282015-04-21T15:15:30.950-05:002015-04-21T15:15:30.950-05:00I honestly didn't realize how blown out of pro...I honestly didn't realize how blown out of proportion the population claim is. p cool blog friend.Janie Kullmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16965244136996621992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-86499532655211830822015-04-20T20:33:01.833-05:002015-04-20T20:33:01.833-05:00Brilliant topic dude. Its so obvious yet we don...Brilliant topic dude. Its so obvious yet we don't want to give up our toys. We humans (specifically westerners) are very selfish and the problem is being okay with it... Like me driving around in my new Trailblazer :) ! You said, "...the idea of a small group of people devouring most of the available resources for profit and in the process damning the future is sickening." I couldn't agree more. Look at our life styles for Christ's sake. We are so conditioned that we care about the economy and our own opulent comforts more than the future and people in second and third world countries. I may be pessimistic but from my experience with regular-old people (no offense but especially down south), I can't see a way we are going to be able to convince the majority of society to stop consuming until it's too late. Change will hurt badly and it will only happen sooner if we don't change our 'culture' dramatically.Bryce Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289188308063631029noreply@blogger.com