Justin: Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer!
The time has come to see planet Earth for what it really is, a space craft with an elaborate life support system.
Most people seems satisfied to play the role of passenger on spaceship Earth, scientists though have been working hard to be it’s faithful diligent crew.
The passengers of spaceship Earth expect a certain level of comfort and entertainment to be safe and healthy and would like the ship’s life support system to continue to function.
What should cease to amaze the crew by now is how little effort most of the passengers are willing to put into making that a reality.
When things do not meet their expectations, passengers are satisfied with complaint rather than action.
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It is understandable that the passengers behave this way. Look at the brochures of 50 years ago and you’ll see the crews of yesteryear promised a life of sedentary ease, from flying cars and endless buffets of robot-prepared meals and modern appliance-filled cabins. Not enough of their minds will be changeable in time to meet the challenges of today.
Scientists of the world, crew members of planet Earth, listen up and listen tight. The fate of the ship is in your hands, you alone can save us.
Rise to the challenge of your predecessors, exceed the optimistic over promising predictions of the past and set the course boldly towards prosperity, today. You are the scientists of tomorrow. You are that next generation the world has been waiting for. You are here, now in the moment which you can do is now.
As for myself, I’ll be over the starboard bar one with the window overlooking the life rafts. I’ll be there drowning a sorrow or two, singing sea shanties back to the sirens and listening to This Week in Science, coming up next.