Preserving Our Rainforests

It’s the 92nd birthday of the eminent biologist, naturalist, and author E.O. Wilson, who said, “[Destroying rainforests for economic gain] is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”

It’s sad that our culture is driven so little by science and so forcefully by economics, and that this effect has become so greatly amplified over just the past few years, by what could be called the “Trump phenomenon.” Our society now ridicules intelligence and academic achievement, is indifferent to truth, and celebrates anti-intellectualism and wealth at any cost.