I was always aware that this whole Earth is on overload.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are probably already too many people on the planet.
As a global community, we have to start thinking more seriously about whether there are limits to what our earth can bear and if we're willing to cope with the struggle for limited resources, which only seem to increase as our population does.
Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.
I think we could all do better sometimes of not overextending ourselves as much.
Every day, TV, newspapers, and the Internet bombard us with a message that we're destroying the earth. Ice caps are melting, rivers are dying, polar bears are drowning, and trees are doing something.
This all comes down to what we know about life on Earth.
There's too many people in the world.
It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is.
Most of us feel overburdened by information, although I would say the overloaded feeling comes more from coordinating all of the information and responding to it.
It is a very overpowering realization that the Earth is so small. It affected me.