"We are in an era of creative destruction."
Big Foot by Michael Specter
Are we really though? This statement has been made and now there is no going back on it. It has been stated, recorded, and published. And the only thing this statement did for me was induce insane fear. I'm not afraid of the truth, I am just afraid it is true. If everything we do, and everything we make produces CO2 then no matter what we will eventually induce our own demise. Is that what he means by creative destruction? How can you destroy creation, when creation is all about... well creating? Is there going to be a time when no one is creating anything and we are stuck in a mundane earth. A limbo between hitting rock bottom and being in a golden age.
Global warming is something that is constantly talked about. And I've heard many people joke about it, I have even joked about it. But discussing it seriously it is no laughing matter. It's the depressing truth of how the life that the earth created is now destroying it. It's like all human beings have an Oedipus complex, and mother nature is the parent of the same sex we wish to exclude... or murder. After reading this article I was afraid to move, let alone breathe, fearing that I would make my already enormous footprint even larger. Everyone tries to be conscious, well most people. But half the time none of us know even where to begin. We recycle, only to discover the places our plastic bottles are going are admitting toxins that are actually speeding the rate of global warming. And then we are stuck, in this cycle, that no one can seem to break.
Global warming is something that is constantly talked about. And I've heard many people joke about it, I have even joked about it. But discussing it seriously it is no laughing matter. It's the depressing truth of how the life that the earth created is now destroying it. It's like all human beings have an Oedipus complex, and mother nature is the parent of the same sex we wish to exclude... or murder. After reading this article I was afraid to move, let alone breathe, fearing that I would make my already enormous footprint even larger. Everyone tries to be conscious, well most people. But half the time none of us know even where to begin. We recycle, only to discover the places our plastic bottles are going are admitting toxins that are actually speeding the rate of global warming. And then we are stuck, in this cycle, that no one can seem to break.
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