CAN WON’T 07 September 2019
What we can do: go to the moon and back. What we won’t do: obliterate wars that kill millions
What we can do: produce more than enough to feed the world What we won’t do: keep 800 million worldwide from daily unmitigated hunger
What we can do: build 100-floor skyscrapers What we won’t do: help the homeless find homes
What we can do: make and sell 18 billion cigarettes per day worldwide What we won’t do: come up with a cure for cancer
What we can do: create millions of helpful uses for plastic What we won’t do: keep plastic from despoiling the oceans
What we can do: heal people with fantastic medical care What we won’t do: develop plans to limit the inevitable catastrophe of overpopulation
What we can do: walk gaily down wilderness paths What we won’t do: see the forest for the trees
The problems are evident. Solutions are at hand. The will to act is what’s missing.
