TO THE EDITOR:
Our generation is facing problems far more extreme than any of those faced by previous ones — and that is no exaggeration.
Our technologies have created ticking time bombs like climate change, antimicrobial resistance and mass extinction of species, and it has helped sustain other problems like overpopulation. The political imperative of the 21st century is quite literally to save the world — and do it now.
But, despite the clear insanity of these issues, most people cannot be motivated to do anything about them.
And why would they, when there are unprecedented levels of depression and suicide, when there is an underlying anxiety pulsing in and around the cities we walk through every day? Why would we fight when there seems to be little worth fighting for?
If you want to explore these and other problems, and their root cause, join the editorial staff of UNC’s conservation magazine, The Wildernist (www.thewildernist.org), for a reading group next Monday at 7:00 in the UL (room 221).
The text for discussion will be “Industrial Society and Its Future.” You can view the details on our Facebook page at facebook.com/thewildernist.
To a wild world.
John Fleshman
