Sentences with phrase «distinctly human predicament»

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Thanks to the many contributors to this discussion and to other discussions like those occuring in the Earth & Sky community and the Orion community, we can share an adequate understanding of the distinctly human - derived predicament with which humanity is soon to be confronted.

As I see it, too many leaders understand quite well the precarious status of the tiny planet we inhabit; nonetheless, they adamantly refuse to acknowledge or speak openly about the distinctly human - induced predicament that looms ominously before the human community in our time.

Our distinctly human - induced predicament is a «both / and» problem plus other daunting problems.

Before we can determine what new and different to do, perhaps a brief analysis of our current, distinctly human - induced, global predicament is in order.

If per human overconsumption of scarce resources; unbridled economic globalization overspreading the surface of our planetary home; and the skyrocketing increase of absolute global human population numbers could be occurring synergistically in our time and could have something to do with the distinctly human - driven predicament which looms ominously before humanity, does it make sense to consider, just for a moment, what might to done to set limits on these overgrown human activities?

Here we want to objectively identify an overlooked but primary aspect of the distinctly human - forced predicament that is presented to humanity in these early years of Century XXI.

Because their elders refused to acknowledge the best available scientific evidence of human population dynamics and, therewith, adequately «diagnose» the distinctly human - induced global predicament all of us face now, the children will not know what hit them, why it is happening, and what is required of them so as not to commit the same mistakes made by the elders.

How, now, can Galileo possibly find peace when so many top - rank scientists refuse to speak out clearly, loudly and often regarding whatsoever they believe to be true about the distinctly human - induced, global predicament presented to the family of humanity in our time by certain unbridled «overgrowth» activities of the human species from which global challenges visibly issue now and loom ominously on the far horizon?