Humankind and the Environment

This size comparison between the Titanic and a modern day cruise ship may serve as a reminder that human impact on this planet is far larger than it’s ever been before, and the rate of growth continues to increase as the years pass.

In the early 1950s, the popular philosophers of the day were saying things like, “Man is as effective as he adapts the environment to himself,” meaning that Man was the master and the environment his slave.

That made sense at the time, 70 years ago, before it was obvious to more than a handful of people that this was heading in a very bad direction.

It’s hard to imagine anyone who wishes to be taken seriously saying that today.