
5 Jan
2013
5 Jan
'13
2:08 a.m.
Mark Trickett wrote:
Taking precautionary measures actually makes good sense on many other grounds, it gets us into a more sustainable situation on many grounds. This planet is finite, and it behooves us to share the resources equitably, else the dispossessed will probably acquire a share violently. That promises even more distress.
I always liked the perspective shift from the term "Spaceship Earth". (Which until today I thought was Buckminster-Fuller's idea, but apparently dates back to the 19th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceship_Earth)