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@homemadeguitars Jeff, I believe you are totally correct in your theory of the best & only way to change our planetâs climate for sustainability of life. I donât argue with your methods or your solutions.
2. But I do not believe the worldâs governments or peoples they supposedly represent will ever take this path, without a planetary &/or social convulsion that results in the total destruction of the underpinnings of our âspeedâsociety.
3. The survivors of this convulsion will mostly be people like yourself, who jumped off the train early. Or people in so-called â3rd worldâ countries who never got on the train.
4. Unfortunately, the lands of the latter have been decimated by those who adhere to the âsurvival of the greediestâ philosophy. It is this âfault of human natureâ that drives us to excess, to placing our âwantsâ above the needs of ourselves & others.
5. Case in point: food consumption in our country. This simple act of consuming energy for work has become the poster child of excessâour own personal âbiomeâ cycle disaster. And the vast majority will not be willing to change the dynamic, even to their own demise.
6. Final notes: I believe Homo sapiens bifurcated early in our evolution..about the time of the rise of agrarian communities. Read the long conflict of these two branches of humanoids in an unlikely bookâthe Torah (âOld Testamentâ), Genesis 25, twin brothers Esau & Jacob.
7. There, and in other books of the Bible (and other religious writings)that reference the birthright event, you will see the analogy of the origin of the evolutionary bifurcation that resulted in the mess we have today.
8. Caveat: I do not take the Bible, or any religious oral histories & writings literally. I look for the historical truths that have been enshrouded in the cautionary tales. I believe there are two branches of humans, reflected in the tale of Esau & Jacob.
9. One branch is genetically based in âsurvival of the fittestââ the âhunterâ, or Esau. (Ref: Richard Dawkinsâ Selfish Gene book). The other branch, as defined by Jacob, incurred an evolutionary mutation that gives us an âempathyâ gene.
10. This âgeneâ redefines us. And look who got the âbirthrightâ to steward the earth! These two branches have been at war since the bifurcation, sometimes one prevailing, sometimes the other.
11. Most humans are a product of the âintermarriagesâ of the two, & must continually choose whether to express the âempathyâ gene, or not. So my theory is: Here we are, still. The stakes are much higher than at any time in history for humankind. All chips are in the table.
12. But individually, our choice is still the same as it was in Genesis. To trade our birthright for a good meal, or to claim it through whatever means necessary. I hope I live long enough to see the outcome! END
