The elephant in the room is humanity.\u00a0 The species is taking up all the space and its becoming difficult to breathe.\u00a0 It’s a nice elephant, but when it breaks wind, all else suffers (and trembles) – even the elephant starts to notice a strange whiff in the air,\u00a0 but pretends it isn’t there.<\/p>\n
Funny thing though.\u00a0 The elephant is beginning to wake up.\u00a0 Self-realisation is dawning.\u00a0 As it starts to feel itself pushing against the other occupants and even the walls of the room (biosphere), it is beginning to realise that its just one big, clumsy thing that needs to go on a diet and learn to tip-toe.<\/p>\n
This realisation is evidenced by the gradual admission that old ways of doing things don’t work.\u00a0 That growth isn’t the answer.\u00a0 That control isn’t the answer.\u00a0 That bullshit is not a solution itself, even if it might be compost for a solution.<\/p>\n
There’s some hope that the elephant is going to put down its drink (oil), stop f**king around (increasing the population) and push-off into the corner so that others can breathe.\u00a0 Let’s politely help it to do so …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The elephant in the room is humanity.\u00a0 The species is taking up all the space and its becoming difficult to breathe.\u00a0 It’s a nice elephant, but when it breaks wind, all else suffers (and trembles) – even the elephant starts to notice a strange whiff in the air,\u00a0 but pretends it isn’t there. Funny thing …
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