"I would like to see people become more aware and to realize that we are all connected to each other. I think so much could be solved if we realized that what effects another effects us, and that we cannot succeed while others are miserable or failing."


"my thinking is the same. I think awareness of inter-relatedness will eventually erode the cultural and political boundaries that divide people and foster irrational hostilities.

All carbon-based life forms are related (we all share identical RNA), and there is no evidence that life exists anywhere but here. I hope we don't blow it, because humanity has a higher purpose than being the top of the food chain and multiplying."

well said you two, I agree. this reminds me of my environmental science class. each week we have a different topic that we discuss, and last week was about the endangered species act. I learned about how the law is extremely biased, and it holds species such as certain mammals as more desirable and therefore more important to save than say, species of invertebrae. and some people believe that it is a waste of time/money/energy/whatever to worry about saving species that we know little to nothing about. It just makes me so angry. Just because a species of fly doesnt appear to have any benefit to humans, does not deem it unworthy of saving! GRR. Its so selfish and ignorant. I mean first of all, if humans werent here throwing everything off balance we probably wouldnt have so many creatures becoming endangered and extinct. Plus who are we to decide who or what is more worthy of life!?! And secondly, as you two said, everything is linked. The extinction of one species can lead to extinction of another and so on and so on. Not to mention all the other affects it will have on the ecosystem and all that. I mean it just goes on and on. And I remember learning in high school about all these species of carnivorous flowers that are going extinct because they are so highly developed to feed on one kind of insect and when these insects become threatened, so does the flower.

Oy.