The bigger something is the easier it is to see - but not the "Sustainability Problem"

Normally, the bigger something is the easier it is to see.

But not in the case of the "Sustainability Problem", 1) because it is "overwhelmingly" large and 2) because we are totally immersed in and dependent on it.

It reminds me of what I learned in chemisty about cyanide: if you can smell it, its concentration is not dangerous; at dangerous concentrations our sense receptors are overwhelmed and we do not smell it. So you need some other way of detecting it.

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To: Comment at the Guardian Re: The bigger something is the easier it is to see - but not the "Sustainability Problem" Date: Thursday 16 November 06

Normally, the bigger something is the easier it is to see. But not in the case of the "Sustainability Problem", 1) because it is "overwhelmingly" large and 2) because we are totally immersed in and dependent on it. It reminds me of what I learned in chemisty about cyanide: if you can smell it, its concentration is not dangerous; at dangerous concentrations our sense receptors are overwhelmed and we do not smell it. So you need some other way of detecting it. My homepage http://www.spaceship-earth.org