So, let's say there's a…

So, let's say there's a state-of-the-art spaceship, so advanced in technology that it's actually sentient. And every single bit of life on earth is on that spaceship. We're all organized biologically & socially exactly as we were before we embarked, so life aboard is a familiar experience. We're hurtling through our solar system at an inconceivably high speed, heading toward a distant location as yet unknown.

All should be well, right? Except that some human members of the crew, actually led by the captains, are dismantling the life support system, consistently, concertedly & seemingly unconcernedly. Passengers of all species are growing anxious. Attempts are made to stop the destruction, to no avail. There appears to be no way to stop the destroyers from this suicidal endeavour. Yet, if the behaviour isn't stopped; if the life-support system isn't mended; many (& eventually all) lives will be lost. Any astronaut will tell you this. Yet all attempts to stop the destroyers have failed.

What would you do?

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?

What WILL you do?

And if you don't do it, what part of "life-support system" don't you understand?

But fear not! Perhaps you'll be spared the stressors of leading the way. Remember the part of this story about the spaceship's sentience? If we don't stop the destruction ourselves, Earth will probably take care of this problem for us. But Earth's an immense life-system. So, it's likely that Earth's intervention will be in proportion to Earth's size. Really big stuff will happen. And it won't be pretty. It won't be gentle. And it won't be kind. This is the future you buy us, should you choose to leave  undone those hard tasks you have the opportunity & the power to accomplish right now, before it's completely too late.

Do it (so long as every bit of the process is earth-friendly). I know your part of the Spaceship is actually only a wee bit of the whole ship.  But you have a chance to set a standard for other provinces: a precedent, if you will. Wouldn't you love to hear, "As Ontario goes, so goes the country"? Assuming the processes are all earth-friendly, dare to set the precedent & let it sweep Canada like a beneficial contagion.

Do it, & it's likely that we'll all be the better for it. We'll have to co-operate with each other. Perhaps we'll even grow closer. And all of us working together on this great task, might even feel better about ourselves, our lives, our choices, our behaviour, our species & our future. For, if the processes are earth-friendly, "renewable" is one of the great changes we humans must make, if our beautiful, brilliant life-support system is to remain functional.

[Original Comment ID: 207052]