Question Earthority!

“Given the likelihood that Mother Earth is rather more robust than we give her credit for, it’s possible to imagine a new variety of environmentalist, one whose focus is human survival. These people might choose to call themselves ‘Hard Greens’ (they might come up with a better name). For them, the question of whether or not we should be kind to the planet would be less one of ’save the whales’ altruism and more one of tough-talking, practical approaches to human safety. What would Hard Greens on the lookout for existential threats worry about most? They might do well to seek the advice of thinkers like Nick Bostrom, director of Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute.” (04/03/06)