Awakening the Dreamer

Awakening the Dreamer: "According to a majority of the world's experts, there is now overwhelming evidence that our modern society is headed for a catastrophe. Leading scientists are telling us that the impact of our industrial system, and the sudden expansion of humanity's ability to harvest the common bounty of our planet for short-term gain, may actually be upsetting the balance of our highly complex and fragile web of life.

Of course, as some point out, there is always a chance that the experts are wrong, and that human ingenuity will come up with some kind of technological fix that will avert a global disaster. But with a downside risk so overwhelming, the potential cost so great, it is grossly irresponsible to keep doing what we are doing, and not to give this issue the serious attention it deserves. And yet, it rarely gets a mention in the daily news cycle, and was never even brought up during our last presidential election.

It is as if we are living inside of a dream, sleepwalking toward oblivion, while self-serving, shortsighted interests encourage our slumber with managed news, celebrity culture and other weapons of mass distraction."