One Person Making A Wrong Decision Affects

What Did The Last Easter Islander Say As He Chopped Down The Last Tree? The Easter Islanders Didnt Have Anthropologists.

In Parts Of Montana, Salt Concentrations In Soil Water, Have Reached Those Double Those Of Seawater.

Not Until The Beginning Of The 20th Century Did Europe's Urban Populations Finally Become Self-sustaining: Before Then, Constant Immigration Of Healthy Peasants From The Countryside Was Necessary To Make Up For The Constant Deaths Of City Dwellers From Crowd Diseases.

Ahead Of Me Lies The Familiar Litany: Weakening Of The Heart, Hardening Of The Arteries, Increasing Brittleness Of Bones, Decreases In Kidney Filtration Rates, Lower Resistance Of The Immune System, And Loss Of Memory. The List Could Be Extended Almost Indefinitely. Evolution Seems Indeed To Have Arranged Things So That All Our Systems Deteriorate, And That We Invest In Repair Only As Much As We Are Worth.

Our Biggest Threat Is Not An Asteroid About To Crash Into Us, Something We Can Do Nothing About. Instead, All The Major Threats Facing Us Today Are Problems Entirely Of Our Own Making. And Since We Made The Problems, We Can Also Solve The Problems.