Yes we still can
The election plods along, mired in racial innuendo and gender grievances that no longer matter, now that it is certain that our planet is hurtling toward disaster from overuse. We simply don’t recognize, yet, that the problems we face are so much bigger than we think they are.
With a Battle Star Gallactica marathon a couple nights ago as background, it came clear to me, after listening to Barak’s speech on Race in America, that we are indeed living on a spaceship, with several billion occupants, screaming through space around a gentle and steady star, our air and water increasingly fouled by our primitive technology of waste.
And what we are worried about is oil, religion, and race. What would we do if the toasters showed up suddenly?
Go Barak.