Monday, June 26, 2023

[Dave]

Dave, did you ever read Silent Spring?

Yes, I've read it several times, first in the mid 1960s, and most recently last year.

Rachel Carson's book was a wake up call and made some important progress towards undoing the damage we do to our home. But we've forgotten her lessons and are now despoiling our planet in ways far worse than and at a rate that Carson could never have imagined: causing temperatures to rise quickly to a tipping point, polluting our air and water, causing the extinction of species at an unprecedented rate.

My main regret in life is not being a grandparent, but over the past 5 or 10 years I've come to accept that this is a good thing - I wouldn't want grandchildren of mine struggling to  live in the ruined world we are creating.