Society Slow to Deal with Threats–Ben Frankin

Below is another amazing video from the “Veritasium” series, this one focusing on the science behind the vast damage to human health and environmental quality done by one man. Fascinating stuff.

Of particular interest to me is the role that the quote here from Benjamin Franklin plays, i.e., society generally takes a very long time to identify and remove sources of harm.

If that was true 200+ years ago, before corporate greed stepped into the picture, one can only imagine what all the wealth and power mean in today’s world, where ridiculous amount of cash is poured into litigation designed to delay the removal of threats ad infinitum.

Ponder for a moment what the fossil fuel industry around the world is doing to protect its earnings stream at the expense of the quality of life for all of us, especially our children and their children.