[Coral-List] Why do so many people care so little

[Ehsan KAYAL]

It is inaccurate to talk in such general terms (i.e., people), when the
will of the majority of humans has no impact on decisions with planetary
impacts. In fact, it is more accurate to wonder:
- why educated people in wealthy countries continue to look the other way,
maintain their unsustainable way of life while they, unlike most of
humanity, have the means of making a difference?
- why do these people continue to believe in a socio-political system that
is harmful to life and wellbeing?
- why do these same educated people ignore the historical impacts of their
societies while refusing to allow other societies to develop, hiding behind
global change as an excuse to hold those societies back?
These are some of the questions one with any sense of fairness would
pounder and try to resolve.
Cheers,
E


On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 at 09:00, Phillip Dustan via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> People obviously love money more than life until they find that money is
> useless.
> We are fast approaching that decision point on this planel.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 11:29 AM Vassil Zlatarski via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> > in the face of planetary changes that will reshape the lives of our
> > grandchildren?  In 1968, Baba Dioum, a Senegalese forest ranger,
> provided a
> > memorable answer.  "In the end", he said, "we will conserve only what we
> > love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only
> > what we are taught.
> >
> > -  Knoll, A. H. 2021. A Brief History of Earth
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> "When we try to pick out anything by itself
> we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords
> that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe. "
> *                                         John Muir 1869*
>
> *A Swim Through TIme on Carysfort Reef*
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPJE7UE6sA
> *Raja Ampat Sustainability Project video*
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RR2SazW_VY&fbclid=IwAR09oZkEk8wQkK6LN3XzVGPgAWSujACyUfe2Ist__nYxRRSkDE_jAYqkJ7A
> *Bali Coral Bleaching 2016 video*
>
> *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOfLTnPSUo
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOfLTnPSUo>*
> TEDx Charleston on saving coral reefs
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwENBNrfKj4
> Google Scholar Citations:
> https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HCwfXZ0AAAAJ
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