week 4 - Science without Social Responsibility

One hundred years ago people did not understand the effects our actions would have on the planet. They could not fathom that their seemingly insignificant actions would be catastrophic for the future generations. I do not think this was arrogance, near-sightedness yes. Humans had never before changed the weather, erased entire species from the planet, this power was only considered to be in God's hands. It is easy to sit on a high horse now and criticize the actions of the past. WE need not look to who is at fault but more what went wrong and how do we fix it it and avoid it in the future. I hope that we become better and better at learning from our mistakes. Not to point the finger and say " I told you so", because if you are a child of this earth, this is your responsibility too.