12 year old tells UN assembly in 5 minutes why they'll soon be Extinct

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ThaG

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Nuttkase said:
Looks like a pretty old video, I guess she was wrong.
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The problem with a lot of environmentalism is that it represents otherwise minor issues in an overtly dramatic way. The core message of this video is entirely correct. It depends on what you mean by "soon", in a world of short attention spans and instant gratification culture, the fact that we're still alive 19 years later may seem to invalidate the suggestion, but 19 years are absolutely nothing on an evolutionary timescale. And while we are setting ourselves up irreversibly for extinction right now, unless there is an all out nuclear war, most likely there will be people alive hundred years from now, maybe even thousand years from now, and maybe even longer than that. The question is what state the planet will be in, what state humans will be in as a result and how this will impact our survival chances in the really long term. That's very really discussed in the serious way it should be discussed (even though it should actually dominate the public discourse) and I can easily see why people may be put off by messages like the one in the video above.
 
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ThaG said:
The problem with a lot of environmentalism is that it represents otherwise minor issues in an overtly dramatic way. The core message of this video is entirely correct. It depends on what you mean by "soon", in a world of short attention spans and instant gratification culture, the fact that we're still alive 19 years later may seem to invalidate the suggestion, but 19 years are absolutely nothing on an evolutionary timescale. And while we are setting ourselves up irreversibly for extinction right now, unless there is an all out nuclear war, most likely there will be people alive hundred years from now, maybe even thousand years from now, and maybe even longer than that. The question is what state the planet will be in, what state humans will be in as a result and how this will impact our survival chances in the really long term. That's very really discussed in the serious way it should be discussed (even though it should actually dominate the public discourse) and I can easily see why people may be put off by messages like the one in the video above.
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your right people are shortsided, immediate survival and wealth usually trump long term goals and sustainability.

just seeing how the bay was treated up until the 60's was a disgrace, and we think we are doing better then before but when the future looks back on us they will have to correct our wrongdoings.
 
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Lets not focus on the "extinction part" >There is way more information in this video. yea,the girl is now a woman "31" and is still fighting the power.Its disgusting to see that no one to her advice.Now look at the planet.way worse than it was .And people try to do better by paying taxes.
 
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GTS said:
your right people are shortsided, immediate survival and wealth usually trump long term goals and sustainability.

just seeing how the bay was treated up until the 60's was a disgrace, and we think we are doing better then before but when the future looks back on us they will have to correct our wrongdoings.
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Alot has do do with lack of "true"education and that scarcity way of living.Kinda like barely coming out of caves still with that survival of the fitest type mentality.I would prefer sustainability and abundance over uncertainty and scarcity
 
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