Comments on: Good Planets Are Hard to Find http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/richardzurawski/2007/09/27/good-planets-are-hard-to-find/ Just another Rogers Radio Blog weblog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:06:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: richard zurawski http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/richardzurawski/2007/09/27/good-planets-are-hard-to-find/#comment-9 richard zurawski Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:29:24 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/richardzurawski/2007/09/27/good-planets-are-hard-to-find/#comment-9 Hi Mark: Thanks for the thoughtful and reasoned response to my article. Yes, we will always have an impact on our surrounding and yes we will take from the environment in the name of progress. It is the nature of life to be competitive and all that. But of late we have been acting first and thinking later. We believe in generalizations that we then carve into human law and then bend Heaven and Earth to make it seem that these human laws (read economies and right to capitalism) are universally ordained. In the process we jeapordize oursleves and much of the life we share the planet with. Just because we can do something and make a dollar or two doesn't mean we should. Nor is there a price tag in everything. Some things, to my way of thinking, are priceless Hi Mark:

Thanks for the thoughtful and reasoned response to my article. Yes, we will always have an impact on our surrounding and yes we will take from the environment in the name of progress. It is the nature of life to be competitive and all that. But of late we have been acting first and thinking later. We believe in generalizations that we then carve into human law and then bend Heaven and Earth to make it seem that these human laws (read economies and right to capitalism) are universally ordained. In the process we jeapordize oursleves and much of the life we share the planet with.

Just because we can do something and make a dollar or two doesn’t mean we should. Nor is there a price tag in everything. Some things, to my way of thinking, are priceless

]]> By: Mark http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/richardzurawski/2007/09/27/good-planets-are-hard-to-find/#comment-5 Mark Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:54:04 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/richardzurawski/2007/09/27/good-planets-are-hard-to-find/#comment-5 I'm not much more than a student as far as these things go.. but aren't we going to be continually eroding our environment as long as we're aggressively "progressive"? We've been fighting amongst ourselves since we've been around and in the workings of "progress" we've had to break some eggs. As long as we keep our eye on this fact, it seems obvious to me that as long as we're trying to move forward, we're going to make something else move backward. Finding the balance between our environment and our nature is all we can really do as long as our civilization continues as it has since the beginning of our history. I agree that we don't have much of a balance, and that we aught to be working to get that back in line. As our needs change, so changes our impact on our surroundings, though. Even after we acheive that balance, our own goals will change and the impact with it, so we have to be sure not to settle into a routine. I definitely agree that we'd do better to send out automations. Perhaps NASA is watching too much Star Trek? I’m not much more than a student as far as these things go.. but aren’t we going to be continually eroding our environment as long as we’re aggressively “progressive”? We’ve been fighting amongst ourselves since we’ve been around and in the workings of “progress” we’ve had to break some eggs. As long as we keep our eye on this fact, it seems obvious to me that as long as we’re trying to move forward, we’re going to make something else move backward. Finding the balance between our environment and our nature is all we can really do as long as our civilization continues as it has since the beginning of our history.

I agree that we don’t have much of a balance, and that we aught to be working to get that back in line. As our needs change, so changes our impact on our surroundings, though. Even after we acheive that balance, our own goals will change and the impact with it, so we have to be sure not to settle into a routine.

I definitely agree that we’d do better to send out automations. Perhaps NASA is watching too much Star Trek?

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