IS THIS WHO WE ARE?
This essay
was prompted by Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: a history of
violence and humanity,
his
assertion that violence is less today.
His view
to me is very narrow.
We live
in a very violent world. The multitudes dying
from violence are not the only violence we are visiting on the earth. We have a
callous blindness to the fate of others.
The living world around us experiences the after-effect of our arrogance,
our hubris and our disconnection. Tensions,
threats, shadows of violence fill the air.
None are immune.
Connections
globally via electronics and satellites underline the comparmentalized
awareness felt by many of us, regardless of our economic circumstance.
THIS AGGRESSION,
VIOLENCE, ASSAULT
SANITIZED,
SUBVERTED,
LIED BY OMISSION,
DELIVERED BY
ALTERNATIVE FACT.
Many of us hide in
entertainment and frivolity.
THE TENSION IS PALPABLE
THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR HUNGER
FOR RESOURCES AND POWER
TOUCH MANY LIVES
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
Lithium Cobalt
Oxide(LiCoO2) Its high specific energy
makes Li-cobalt the popular choice for
mobile phones, laptops and digital cameras. batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_lithium_ion
Special report : Inside the
Congo cobalt mines that exploit children
6:16
I HAD A FRIEND TELL
ME SHE BLAMED THE CONGOLESE
GOVERNMENT FOR THE
TREATMENT OF THESE CHILDREN
AND ADULT
WORKERS.
SPIN, RATIONALIZE,
DEFLECT.
THIS IS SIMPLY
VILE
Depleted Uranium -
NATO's Dark Secret
3.05
The US and NATO militaries began using
bullets made of DU in the 1991 Gulf War and have been using it in every major
armed conflict since that time. It is used because it is extremely dense (1.6
times as dense as lead) which makes it ideal for piercing heavy armor. The U.S.
used 640,000 pounds of DU ammunition just in the first gulf war alone. In the
2003 invasion they used an estimated 4,000,000 pounds.
People running from the destruction
of
their homes and the poisons of
war.
Aerial
view of Al Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan
More
than 51 million
fellow human beings were forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict and
human rights abuse. It is the highest number recorded since the refugee crisis
following World War II.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-egeland/refugee-crisis-wwii-aid-_b_5791776.html
We use the children in the cobalt
video above
to supply resources to these
workers
for our electronic devices and toys.
And our laws make for other sources
of labor.
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF LIVING
AND WORKING.
Pepenadores - TJ Garbage
People
1.52
Waste Pickers' - Life
& Livelihood
10.42
THRIVE — Follow the
Money
1.30
THIS AGGRESSION,
VIOLENCE, ASSAULT
IS
SANITIZED,
SUBVERTED,
LIED BY OMISSION,
DELIVERED BY
ALTERNATIVE FACT.
Many of us hide in
entertainment and frivolity.
VIOLENCE DONE
TO THE LIVING
EARTH
IS
VIOLENCE DONE
TO ALL.
DEAD AND DYING BEES
PESTICIDES HERBICIDES
AND ELECTROMAGNETIC
POLLUTION
.24
OUR WATERS
Top 10 Polluted Rivers of The
World 2013
3.1
FRACKING
MORE ON OUR WATERS
MEDICATING EVERYONE USING OUR
RIVERS, LAKES, GROUND WATER
OUR OCEANS ARE NOT IMMUNE
Ocean Acidification
by the Alliance for Climate Education
3.01
GREAT GASHES IN THE EARTH
START THE JOURNEY
FOR OUR TOOLS AND TOYS
Most Amazing Open-pit
Mines in The World
(diamonds, gold,
silver, copper...) [igeoNews]
3.43
12 Biggest Mines
7.38
The Bagger 293 is a giant bucket-wheel excavator built in
Germany in 1995. It requires a crew of five to operate and can move over 8.5
million cubic feet of earth per day. The Bagger 293 uses a large 70-foot
rotating wheel at the end of a long arm. This wheel has a series of buckets
attached, and as the wheel rotates the buckets pick up the earth and dump it
onto a conveyor belt. The conveyor belts will transport the earth to other
vehicles for removal to the dumping site.
Bucket Wheel
Excavator (Bagger 293)
3.46
Rare Earth Minerals
Turn Villages to Ruins
4.08
11 Worst Pollutants in the World
8.21
How it’s Made - Silver
5.08
AS YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO
CONSIDER
THE ENERGY AND MACHINERY TO GET
THE ORE,
TO MOVE THE ORE,
TO PROCESS THE ORE
ALL THE RESOURCES
CONSIDER
WITH THESE PROCESSES
THE FUMES RELEASED
THE WATER TAINTED
AND WASTE AMASSED.
How It's Made Copper
6.47
THE COSTS TO THE EARTH AND THE
FUTURE
ARE NOT FIGURED INTO THE COST OF
THE
PRODUCTS WE BUY.
IF THEY WERE, MOST OF US
COULDN’T BUY MUCH.
THE PAYMENT WILL COME DUE.
THIS HAS BEEN
ONLY A SMALL SAMPLE OF
THE UNSEEN, UNRECOGNIZED
VIOLENCE THAT VIBRATES
AROUND US
*********************************
I FIND THIS AMAZING AND
INSTRUCTIVE
HUGE TURTLE COMES TO
THE RESCUE OF other
TURTLE THAT GOT
FLIPPED ON IT’S BACK
https://youtu.be/zCs7_5_tjIQ
.56
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For me life is still a great adventure and wonderful.
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For me life is still a great adventure and wonderful.
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An incredible compilation, John. Thank you for putting this all in one place.
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DeleteSo moving. Vast in both scope and sadness. --David Sorensen
ReplyDeleteThought you might find this compelling.
DeleteSearing hot spike to the brain.
ReplyDeleteOne of, if not the most compelling of your posts. Yes, we are all complicit. The extent and willingness to acknowledge is all that differs.
ReplyDeleteOn more thing- While he raises interesting observations on the human condition, in the end, I am not convinced by Pinker, and think he is unable to even see the personal biases he is so quick to see in others.
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