Wilson i have a lot of faith in the good sense of human beings and their desire not to destroy the world. A lot of moral ineptitude, it should be remembered, is due to poor planning rather than innate wickedness. I think people are innately good, but they tend to be terrible planners, so they get themselves into situations, then, when they do bad things. And i believe thats the situation were in right now in the environment. People around the world are now generally aware of important environmental changes, led by Climate Change. They are aware that species are going extinct, and they understand that its not a good thing if we destroy the rainforests and coral reefs. In fact, its very bad and daerous thing. And this rising awareness, i think, can be read as a trend, which is a source of optimism. The question is will we wake up . Will we reach a Tipping Point . And i hope there will be a Tipping Point where this becomes part of the global ethic in time to avoid real catastrophe in term
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