Is our past history of destruction foreshadowing our future? Wright used archeological evidence to predict that our civilization will also end in turmoil.
Wright is saying that often the trouble and problems in a society are due to the social structure. When people in a civilization are not working well together and the majority of the people in a society are being ruled by a few people. All the power is being concentrated and not everyone has an equal say. Wright provided the example of Easter Island. It was a civilization that destroyed their natural resources because they were only focused on their religion. They caused the breakdown of their own civilization.
This can be seen in Socialist governments, an example is North Korea. The power …show more content…
Although, there have been many problems with environmental destruction there are also millions of people who have devoted their lives to the protection of the environment. His comparison of the destruction of Easter Island to the destruction of the world is not giving enough credit to all sides of advancement. Not only have there been advancements that have negatively affected the environment and society but there have also been advancements directed at protecting and sustaining the environment. I believe most doomsayers are pessimistic and assume that the world and the economy will eventually end in …show more content…
We are learning more and more about the negative effects of several older innovations and are working hard to find ways to avoid their negative environmental impact. Some examples of this are: electric cars and e-cigarettes. Another way in which we are avoiding environmental disasters is with the reduction of pollution. People are becoming more and more aware of the negative effects that pollution has on the air we breathe and all aspects of the environment. Finding new ways of producing energy is an example of this—using things like windmills instead of burning fossil
Wright is saying that often the trouble and problems in a society are due to the social structure. When people in a civilization are not working well together and the majority of the people in a society are being ruled by a few people. All the power is being concentrated and not everyone has an equal say. Wright provided the example of Easter Island. It was a civilization that destroyed their natural resources because they were only focused on their religion. They caused the breakdown of their own civilization.
This can be seen in Socialist governments, an example is North Korea. The power …show more content…
Although, there have been many problems with environmental destruction there are also millions of people who have devoted their lives to the protection of the environment. His comparison of the destruction of Easter Island to the destruction of the world is not giving enough credit to all sides of advancement. Not only have there been advancements that have negatively affected the environment and society but there have also been advancements directed at protecting and sustaining the environment. I believe most doomsayers are pessimistic and assume that the world and the economy will eventually end in …show more content…
We are learning more and more about the negative effects of several older innovations and are working hard to find ways to avoid their negative environmental impact. Some examples of this are: electric cars and e-cigarettes. Another way in which we are avoiding environmental disasters is with the reduction of pollution. People are becoming more and more aware of the negative effects that pollution has on the air we breathe and all aspects of the environment. Finding new ways of producing energy is an example of this—using things like windmills instead of burning fossil