Saturday, August 4, 2012

The Vanishing Present II

What we are lacking is data? It seems like the harder we look into what is going on around us, the more clear a picture we can "see".
























The above section has intentionally been left blank because we are learning so much so fast that what we don't know is actually becoming more and more vast. We will never capture important data for making long term management decisions for Starship Earth, until we develop compassion for all parts of the biosphere. We are one with the Earth, not part of it, until we see ourselves in the eyes of all creatures, we have no business pushing them to extinction, polluting their air, their water or their homes. "Statistical error" cannot even be calculated when there are no statistics. The longer we tell ourselves that we can't afford to do basic research, the bigger gap we are creating between us and the possibility of one day understanding the effects of our actions. The longer we record nothing, the longer this black hole in our knowledge will exist.

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