Ndikukumbukira bwino ndikuwerenga ulosi wa Bill McKibben, Mapeto a Chilengedwe, yosindikizidwa mu The New Yorker kuyambira 11 September 1989.
Kuyitana kumeneku kokhudza chipwirikiti cha nyengo kunalipo kwa nzika zaku US, andale, akuluakulu aboma, aphunzitsi, ndi olimbikitsa zaka 32 zapitazo.
WTF? TLDR?
Lipoti la sayansi pambuyo pa kusanthula pambuyo pa chilengezo chinapereka umboni wochuluka wochuluka mosalekeza. Utumiki wapakamwa kuchokera kwa ena, monga Al Gore, unkanyalanyazidwa kwambiri. Zosasangalatsa mu 1989, mu 2006, ndipo tsopano zonse zili mu grill yathu, ikuyaka moto. Zikadali zovuta? Mphepo yamkuntho Ida, Dixie Moto, madzi oyamba kulengezedwa kusowa kwa nkhokwe ku US-kodi tidzaganiza kuti kuthana ndi chipwirikiti chanyengo ndikosavuta tsiku lililonse? Kapena tidzalola (Oxymoron Alert) "osunga" kuti kuyimitsanso?
Pamene mbiri yatsopano yanyengo ya kutentha imaphwanyidwa mobwerezabwereza, Detroit ndi ogula aku America adayasamula. Zoyeserera zokulitsa miyezo ya CAFE (mafuta oyendetsa bwino pamagalimoto athu) zidawonongeka ndipo kupanga magalimoto aku US kumangoyang'ana kwambiri nkhumba zazikuluzikulu za gasi pomwe South Korea ndi Japan zidapanga magalimoto ang'onoang'ono ogwira mtima kwambiri. Detroit nayenso, koma sanawalimbikitse. Ford Festiva yanga ya 1992 idalandira 54 mpg. Sindinawonepo malonda amodzi kwa iwo, a ma SUV akulu okha.
Monga momwe mphepo yamkuntho inachitira ndendende zimene McKibben ananeneratu—kuwonjezereka kwamphamvu ndi ziŵerengero—asayansi abodza m’thumba la Big Oil ndi Motor City anayesa kukayikira.
Pamene nkhalango zokhala ndi chilala zidayaka ndikuyamba kuyipitsa mpweya ndikuwotcha midzi yonse, a Trump adadzudzula mayiko chifukwa chosawononga nkhalango. Otsatira ake a MAGAt, kukumbukira opembedza a Jonestown, akupitiriza kukana chifukwa, deta, ndi umboni wa zenizeni pamaso pa nkhope zawo. Kutentha? Khalani ndi Kool-aid…
Mu sayansi yokana kuyatsa gasi, a Trump poyamba adakana nkhawa iliyonse ya covid-19 ndi anapitiriza zake zolakwika kuchotsedwa ntchito, kukana kuvala chigoba, kuukira akatswiri odziwika bwino a ma virus ndi asing'anga ndi ofufuza ena, kukakamizidwa kukana mayiko ndalama za katemera, ndikukhazikitsa kuyankha ku kachilombo ngati chisankho chandale.
Tsopano tachikankhira 650,000 aku America omwe adamwalira, chachikulu ambiri a iwo alibe katemera (kuposa kuchuluka kwake) ngakhale katemerayu adapezeka kuyambira pakati pa dzinja 2021 kupita mtsogolo.
Kukana katemera, kukana kuvala zophimba nkhope—kachilomboka kakugwiritsa ntchito umbuli wadala woterowo. Anti-vaxxer anali olekerera pamene tidapeza chitetezo chamagulu ku poliyo, nthomba, ndi ma virus ena, koma sitingathe kupeza chitetezo chamagulu ndi mamiliyoni omwe tsopano ali odana ndi ndale.
Homo sapiens akusinthidwa ndi kachilombo, selo. Kachilomboka, monga kachilomboka kalikonse, kamakhala pachiwopsezo cha sayansi, koma ikakhala ndi abwenzi amphamvu pazandale, sayansi sikwanira ndipo anthu amakhala pachiwopsezo.
Monga tadzoza mitundu yathu Homo sapiens, anzeru, ndinganene kuti nthawi yakwana yoti tiyesenso. ndikuganiza Sulttus homines, Amuna opusa.
Nyanja zomwe zikukwera, mphepo yamkuntho yowononga, nkhalango zoyaka moto, mpweya wosakwanira kupuma, kusefukira kwakupha, ndi mliri womwe umaloledwa kuchulukirachulukira - zonse zomwe zingalephereke, zonse zomwe zimafunikira mayankho anzeru, onse osanyalanyazidwa ndi ambiri omwe asankha komanso nzika zambiri. yaitali.
Kuchokera ku sociopaths kulengeza Fox News kapena NewsMax ku MAGAt makamu akuukira sayansi, kuukira ufulu wovota, kuukira osauka kwambiri komanso omwe ali pachiwopsezo, tikuwona kusintha kwathu kwachisinthiko kwaumunthu kukugwira ntchito komanso zotsatira zake.
Dr. Tom H. Hastings ndi Coördinator of Conflict Resolution mapulogalamu a digiri ya BA/BS ndi satifiketi ku Portland State University, PeaceVoice Mkonzi wamkulu, komanso nthawi zina mboni yodziwika bwino yoteteza otsutsa m'khoti.
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