To Think Green

There has always been an idea of "Progress" attached to Humanity. We can't avoid to think about the future with the hope of a exponential progress, growing and development. There were proof to think that way, the development of medicine made possible to raise significantly the life expectancy, to produce a lot more food (and a lot of stuff, too) than before, and, thanks to the commerce, to have a wide variety of very different and exotic things near you. Efforts are put researching how to produce more effectively, efficiently and efficacious. How to reduce illness and put a stop into death. How to get more and more pleasure and no harm. But somehow, things have gone backwards. Due to this anxious there has been made an incredible and continuous harm to the environment. Why would we need cars, cellphones, if we are severely ill as an effect of pollution? Why would we need all this progress if it is just leading us to self-destruction? Why are we just seeking for immediate pleasure, if when we grow old we won't be able to enjoy nature -nor anything, really-? As consumers I guess it is not our task to worry about the future. Otherwise, we can choose not to be only consumers, to be humans and to think about where are we living and how.

There is a very good movie called Koyaanisqatsi that makes you meditate about this issue. Its name comes from the Hopi Language, and it means "Life Out Of Balance". The music is incredibly performed by Philip Glass, and helps you to feel critical about the way things "are"...

Watch it!