| Hope despite all our junk |
| Thursday, 08 November 2007 15:32 |
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We can build cities in the oceans, we can build new cities for the modern era on land and recycle our old cities. We can restore the environment as best as we can to the environment that once existed there. We could concentrate our cities into new mega cities which only produce entirely recyclable goods and use renewable energy sources. We can use the resources from our old cities as raw material, and then clean up the old cities and restore the natural environment.What is life on Earth worth without trees, without the wild animals, without waterfalls, deep forests and thundering waterfalls and with a view of unspoiled jungle somewhere? I can tell to you. Absolutely nothing - at least not for me. For me, the idea of living in a concrete environment all my life and never get to experience nature, the world we were formed by and has lived in for so long, is so horrible I prefer to avoid it. It is not surprising at all that health is decreasing in the West. The fact that we are now more stressed out and fatigued than ever before despite the fact that our grandparents and their parents lived far harder lives than we do now. We simply do not have an oasis where we can rest any longer. It is a 24/7 world where everything goes faster and faster, but lacks any goal. We hurry to reach goals we know doesn't really matter. What do I do with my time and why? Junk time, junk food, junk goals. A lot of junk. (1 Vote) |
Many disasters seem inevitable. So much has already been destroyed. But I find hope in Jacques Fresco's work and ideas.