It might seem too far-fetched a thought at the moment, but chances are that it might be the most pertinent question in future. After all, we could never foresee a calamity before it struck us; the numerous pandemics that have bruised the course of human growth and development in the past thousands of years cannot be written away for mere ‘chance’. Their occurrences are and will always be owing to the laxities of mankind and the failure to assess the repercussions of our acts. I believe that war is a calamity in itself, which results from a more direct actions of man. But I digress.
For thousands of years of human history, there is only one thing that has been beyond the ambit of human actions, a thoroughly resilient entity that could gulp all that the human race has thrown at it. Its gut seems unfathomable and man has exploited this belief to the fullest. I talk about nature, and not only literally, because I think that this word imbibes the essence of life in it. In mad rush to propagate its species across the face of Earth, man has time and again overlooked the warnings given away by nature, and shirked the responsibility to chance. I completely agree with the fact that natural phenomena such as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis were as commonplace in Earth’s history as they are now, but how long we are going to ignore the fact that the human race was never as technologically advanced and resource-hungry as now. Speculations are that in future, when we would have exhausted every single resource on our dear planet, we may migrate to greener pastures, perhaps a colossal space station or may be another planet, but by doing this we may prove ourselves as the most deadliest virus of the universe, that hops from planet to planet for resources and relinquishes it gladly after exhausting from it all that can account for life.
Well, this may or may not become a reality, I may be exaggerating, but one thing’s for sure, if ever we needed to take action to stop the onslaught for energy and resources, that time is now. Otherwise we would be faced with an identity crisis very soon, and we would have to choose from being a responsible citizen of Earth or being an invasive life form whose traits are similar to that of a virus.
- Green Lantern
For thousands of years of human history, there is only one thing that has been beyond the ambit of human actions, a thoroughly resilient entity that could gulp all that the human race has thrown at it. Its gut seems unfathomable and man has exploited this belief to the fullest. I talk about nature, and not only literally, because I think that this word imbibes the essence of life in it. In mad rush to propagate its species across the face of Earth, man has time and again overlooked the warnings given away by nature, and shirked the responsibility to chance. I completely agree with the fact that natural phenomena such as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis were as commonplace in Earth’s history as they are now, but how long we are going to ignore the fact that the human race was never as technologically advanced and resource-hungry as now. Speculations are that in future, when we would have exhausted every single resource on our dear planet, we may migrate to greener pastures, perhaps a colossal space station or may be another planet, but by doing this we may prove ourselves as the most deadliest virus of the universe, that hops from planet to planet for resources and relinquishes it gladly after exhausting from it all that can account for life.
Well, this may or may not become a reality, I may be exaggerating, but one thing’s for sure, if ever we needed to take action to stop the onslaught for energy and resources, that time is now. Otherwise we would be faced with an identity crisis very soon, and we would have to choose from being a responsible citizen of Earth or being an invasive life form whose traits are similar to that of a virus.
- Green Lantern
No comments:
Post a Comment