Earth, our planet, will be here even if we're not. It is a delicate balance of physical forces that make a biosphere hospitable for civilization.
When people say "save the earth" and "save the planet" what they really mean is save it so people can live on it as they do now.
At the start of 1989 Isaac Asimov, perhaps the most famous science and science fiction writer ever (he has authored over 500 published books), gave an after dinner talk on the state of humanity, where it was headed and what can be done about it. In this entertaining talk he touched upon many issues from history to bring lessons for dealing with what he saw then, and is still today, the biggest problem, humanity's ever greater demand for energy and its ramifications, climate change and global instability.
When Isaac Asimov gave this talk he was the president of the American Humanist Association. The occassion was the First Humanist Institute Annual Dinner given in the social hall of the New York Society For Ethical Culture.
It's fitting that with technology that was science fiction in 1989 (internet video) Asimov's ideas can be a part of the thinking that shapes the world today.
The realm of thought is called the noosphere. Thoughts and ideas become action and action changes the world.
"Future For Humanity" Isaac Asimov, 1989 Video
So much has changed since the first photos of Earth were seen. There are many more opportunities to come together to save it so humans will be able to enjoy life here.
Two 10 minute excerpts of Isaac Asimov's talk are on youtube.
There are also a few hundred comments. To go to the show page where you can read the comments and join the conversation click on the youtube logo on the video or here.
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