I remember my first copies of the player's handbook and the dungeon master guide. I had no idea how much fun books and words could be at that point. I was eight years old. It inspired me to read The Hobbit and then the White Dragon by Anne Mccafrey. To this day my love of good fantasy and fiction waxes still. My love of learning, reading, and the possibilities of life started from that space. I raise a pint to Gary.
As many people have posted before in this thread it seems that we keep compounding our problems with the solutions...
But in anticipation of the many jokes this will spawn one of our key issues is that of too many people. We are rapidly consuming and destroying an environment that is fragile in its sensitivity, but amazing in its flexibility. Much like the human body, I believe that there will be a line that we will cross where the environment will no longer be able to adapt. It might be Global Warming, Global Dimming, or a techtonic shift due a nuclear explosion. Much of this is fueled by rapid and unchecked growth especially in our acting like parasites (forgive the Matrix reference). Even if we reverted back to primitive skills and traditions (such as wood burning as someone pointed out earlier) that would not save us. Not from the momentum we have added in our consumption and pollution nor would it be sustainable. We just have too many people on the planet. I have no answers in this book because nothing seems acceptable ethically or environmentally.
My brother glibly suggested a global war or some kind of gladator combat..... maybe pirate wars!
Hey! I am in. Anything to shake up the man...wait I am a CEO? I could be the man.
Corporations tend to be in it for the bottom line. A perfect example, I was just on Dell's website checking out their factory outlet and they won't provide Complete Care service to buyer's in FL.
"CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service not available in Florida"
In general I am not a corporate-basher, but there could be a little more humanity in how a business conducts business. After all what is a business, but a bunch of people.
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I remember my first copies of the player's handbook and the dungeon master guide. I had no idea how much fun books and words could be at that point. I was eight years old. It inspired me to read The Hobbit and then the White Dragon by Anne Mccafrey. To this day my love of good fantasy and fiction waxes still. My love of learning, reading, and the possibilities of life started from that space. I raise a pint to Gary.
As many people have posted before in this thread it seems that we keep compounding our problems with the solutions... But in anticipation of the many jokes this will spawn one of our key issues is that of too many people. We are rapidly consuming and destroying an environment that is fragile in its sensitivity, but amazing in its flexibility. Much like the human body, I believe that there will be a line that we will cross where the environment will no longer be able to adapt. It might be Global Warming, Global Dimming, or a techtonic shift due a nuclear explosion. Much of this is fueled by rapid and unchecked growth especially in our acting like parasites (forgive the Matrix reference). Even if we reverted back to primitive skills and traditions (such as wood burning as someone pointed out earlier) that would not save us. Not from the momentum we have added in our consumption and pollution nor would it be sustainable. We just have too many people on the planet. I have no answers in this book because nothing seems acceptable ethically or environmentally. My brother glibly suggested a global war or some kind of gladator combat..... maybe pirate wars!
Hey! I am in. Anything to shake up the man...wait I am a CEO? I could be the man. Corporations tend to be in it for the bottom line. A perfect example, I was just on Dell's website checking out their factory outlet and they won't provide Complete Care service to buyer's in FL. "CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service not available in Florida" In general I am not a corporate-basher, but there could be a little more humanity in how a business conducts business. After all what is a business, but a bunch of people.