Collapse

          For this weeks blog we had to read Collapse by, Jared Diamond. I thought that the reading was really interesting; it really touched some points that are important to our world today. At the end of the reading there was quote that I would like to state again. Jared wrote “ I introduced this section by acknowledging that there are important differences between the ancient world and the modern world. The differences that I then went on to mention- today’s larger populations and more potent destructive technology, and today’s interconnectedness posing the risk of a global rather than a local collapse- may seem to suggest a pessimistic outcome.” I chose to talk about this quote because I think that it really connects everything that this last chapter was about. He talked about the different ways that our world is destructing itself and or losing its natural resources. I think that everyone has there own opinion when it comes to choosing which of the 12 would be the most important to preserve or work towards preserving. In my opinion, the most important thing to preserve would be destroying our natural habitats. By destroying the natural homes of animals we are breaking the cycle of life and eventually that is going to catch up to us humans today or to future generations, who will undoubtedly suffer because of us. Aside from hurting the natural habitats of animals, we are also depleting the natural resources like trees and plants. This therefore has a negative impact on our environment. Yes, paper and such is important, but people should recycle. I don’t think that people understand the importance of the world’s natural habitats, and it is a very bad thing because these natural resources are very important! Aside from this, I think another important thing off the list of 12 is depletion of fresh water. Water is obviously one of the most important resources in life. For humans, for animals, for plants, water is a basic essential. Yes, people could argue that fresh water is not that important because there are water cleaning systems and such things that could easily clean the water we drink and we would be able to keep living. But, it is not that simple for the millions of animals living in the world’s oceans and seas etc. The natural water that we pollute are polluting is wrong. Its not fair for the animals that are trying to survive, and its not fair for the words future population. All together, this reading was very eye opening and it made me realize how important our world is and not to take it for granted.