> famine, disease and death Famine, disease and death have visited the human race in many eras in many ways. In a large part, the modern world's (temporary) es

> famine, disease and death Famine, disease and death have visited the human race in many eras in many ways. In a large part, the modern world's (temporary) escape of these things is bought through gluttonous use of energy. Like goblins in a vast project to extract undreamed of amounts of energy that just happened to be lying in deep dark pools, we suck this planet dry and claim it is our right to do so. In our mad dash to get at that incredible goldmine of serendipitous energy, we failed to plan for a transition off said energy sources to something sustainable. That's tempting enough for fate to deal us one nasty fall from a great height, but the real kicker is that burning that energy pumped a noxious debt into our atmosphere with long-ranging consequences for the entire biosphere. We've been voracious little goblins that have gnawed away at the support structure that holds up our existence, namely the remarkable green jewelry that adorns the one planet that can support us. > How much poverty, death are you willing to accept, because during COVID that answer was ZERO, so i am wondering what the answer is here? HA! I've always thought we should pay the consequences of our actions, and in these cases, both point a pretty damning finger in the direction of our own greed. In both cases, the loudest, shrillest voices were crying about money when life was in the balance. They used codewords like "economy" and "jobs" and "livelihood". But really, we failed to plan for a system where people could have just taken a coordinated timeout. A fragile engine, always tripping forward, that dies if it sputters. In reality, we can't think of any other way of living than the way we do now, a way of avarice and entitlement, one that would appall any generation of humans that came before us.