If only some men just wanted to watch the world burn

Wouldn't it be easier if the were some clear bad guy, whose sole purpose was mayhem and destruction? Then it'd be easy, we could point at that person or entity and say, there, that's the root of our troubles and getting ride of that will make everything better. Unfortunately  we have nothing of the sort. Our biggest identifiable enemy is probably the fossil fuel industry. The issue is that they are not totally evil. We need fossil fuels to function.

If we extrapolate this, the real problem is us. There are too many of us, living too extravagantly to keep up our life style. Sure, we do great things, but so much damage can be linked back to us. We are a utilitarian species that has developed into colonies that use up the resources around it at a rate that we cannot replenish. We are that big bad enemy when it comes to earth, and our institutions stand in the way.

What I have taken away from this course is the need for a massive intellectual and societal shift. I have also been solidified in the idea that it'll take something substantial to spark this shift. Substantial could be innovative, but it could also be destructive.