Are specialists killing us?

Are specialists killing society and the earth?

When we were all tending the land ourselves we were naturally respectful of the land – our livelyhood came directly from it. That was a natural turn off to damaging our own media of life – our auger.

This connection is important, but not the whole story. As we separate our livelyhood from the land, the environment, we take a step away from desiring to protect the environment. Where does the next level of destructive motivation come from then?

Specialization. As we specialize we loose our overview of life. We forget about birth and death. We get lost in a pursuit. This is an attachment and Jesus, Allah, and Buddah would all be ready to help us see the big picture again. While lost in our pursuit, we tune out the other variables that make life go and enjoyable. THIS is where our destructive motivation comes from.

Maybe all these specialists will work it out since they all know their domain so well? Maybe we’ll put together all the pieces? Maybe.

If you want to rely on science and technology to figure it out consider the views of particle physicists and ecologists?

Physicists want to know how matter works.  They’re attached to figuring it out.  To the particle physicist, it is MORE important to solve the problem of particle physics than protect an ecosystem.

The ecologist?  They seek insight to natural living systems.  It is so important for the ecologist to understand nature that they fly all over the world to study nature.  They live on antartica with a carbon footprint a mile across to “study the icecaps”.   Even they think, on their micro scale, that their specialty is more important than their impact.

They all believe progress is king.  There is a third point of view that is necessary.  Who’s bringing its light to our world?