"You humans are just like a virus. You spread and consume everything untill there is nothing left."
I have to agree with this quote. There are three of us born every second and one dies in the same time period, so the earth is going to get a bit more crowdy untill I finish writing this post. And a lot more crowdy untill you finish reading it.
To exist, every one of us consumes air, fresh water, fossile fuels and many other natural resources.
And according to the WWF report, we are currently consuming 20% more of the natural resources than the Earth can produce.
We are not only consuming more than can be regenerated, but are doing so ever more rapidly. The science community is having a very long debate about this problem and what is going to happen. Of coarse there are many different oppinions and arguments supporting the debate, but problem I see is very close to the problem of a typical democratic system - a lot is being said, there are many viewpoints, many researches, even denials of the facing problem. But like in every working democracy, everyone respects each others rights and allows him to do what he wants as long as he doesn't hurt his life and what he is doing. But NOTHING IS BEING DONE to really solve the overall problem.
Why? Because we are just like a virus. We are attacking a living organism (earth) and consuming it so we can spread. And not only spread in numbers we also spread our hunger and consume more and more individually ( we are in fact a very advanced & complex virus). We don't really care about the problem of the system, if we have enough to go through our consumptious life. Why should we worry about the future or others if we can enjoy life as it is? If there is enough cells for every one of us viruses there isn't really a problem and we don't really fight each other( minor clashes = wars are only a by product of this consumption process & common defects of individual "viruses" ) . And by not really competing with each other and reducing our numbers to a balanced number, we are destroying the very thing that supports us. If this continues fresh, new cells (resources) will run out soon.
Why this has happend and what will happen remains uncertain. Will we really fulfill our role of an advanced virus and start killing each other so we will be able to live in harmony with our enviroment? Maybe we will sieze to exist altogether. Hopefully we will be able to agree to control our impact on enviroment and live in a balanced harmony. But for that, (probably the most positive outcome for us), we will need an unhumanly effort, because we will have to give up something that is a part of us - consuming too much just because we think that we can and that that is a good thing and furthermore because if we won't, other "viruses" will.
All we can do is hope that there are enough resources left so we have enough time to consume & talk and maybe, only maybe in the process mutate in such a way that we become symbiotic.
I am a "virus", but I belive that I am mutating a bit. If there is enough of us, perhaps there is a chance...
2 comments:
It is all right to talk about a solution of the world?s problems theoretically; by the way I completely agree with you that something needs to be done. But here?s a practical solution for you, don?t have kids. How do you feel about the sacrifices that the human race has to take now?
We should talk things faster. And than do them.
Your idea ( not having kids)was the first thing that crossed my mind when I was thinking about it. But my conclusion is that it is not 1.practiacl and 2.even less a solution.
ad 1. I am a male. I don't decide to have offspring, my potential mate does, remember? And if she doesn't get the juice from me she has around 2 billion alternative sources.
ad 2.We are saving ourselves= humankind = " the virus" = .... and by destroying ourselves ( stop to reproduce) or reducing our "mutational" potential ( =some of us stop reproducing) we aren't really solving the problem are we? The solution lies in becoming more symbiotic ( in balance with the given resources) and in reducing uneccesary consumption ( for ex. in the name of economic success and growth).
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