Mon, Feb 4, 2008 Nice post, but what about geo-human relations? I don't see much mention of that in there.
The earth and all the other life upon it that isn't us are beautiful systems, too, and we're pretty dependent on the current functioning of these systems that feed into us. New forms of commerce, new modes of dwelling, and redefined geopolitical relationships will eventually cease to exist without the full and constant realization that we can't exist without the world's other non-human systems working the way they are now.
It's like partially knocking over a pyramid of cans from somewhere near the bottom, then sort of half-assedly fixing it while going on with other things and then having the entire thing fall down when you're not looking, except the cans I'm talking about kind of have this thing going on where if the top one falls off a switch is flipped and we all die.
Everyone knows this already, though a lot deny it. However, with the fact that a VERY large amount of people live on the coasts of China and Taiwan, I think that the government of the PRC (Dunno about what the ROC's stance on the issue is) who currently is sort of shrugging it off and blundering on is going to face a lot of opposition from those who will eventually notice that everything is being royally fucked by a supposedly communist front. Perhaps the same could be said for the future of North America's supposedly democratic governments. Maybe that will be a catalyst for change on a much, much larger scale than just buoyant habitation.
Nice post, but what about geo-human relations? I don't see much mention of that in there.
The earth and all the other life upon it that isn't us are beautiful systems, too, and we're pretty dependent on the current functioning of these systems that feed into us. New forms of commerce, new modes of dwelling, and redefined geopolitical relationships will eventually cease to exist without the full and constant realization that we can't exist without the world's other non-human systems working the way they are now.
It's like partially knocking over a pyramid of cans from somewhere near the bottom, then sort of half-assedly fixing it while going on with other things and then having the entire thing fall down when you're not looking, except the cans I'm talking about kind of have this thing going on where if the top one falls off a switch is flipped and we all die.
Everyone knows this already, though a lot deny it. However, with the fact that a VERY large amount of people live on the coasts of China and Taiwan, I think that the government of the PRC (Dunno about what the ROC's stance on the issue is) who currently is sort of shrugging it off and blundering on is going to face a lot of opposition from those who will eventually notice that everything is being royally fucked by a supposedly communist front. Perhaps the same could be said for the future of North America's supposedly democratic governments. Maybe that will be a catalyst for change on a much, much larger scale than just buoyant habitation.