Sadly, the US uses the prison system to a far greater extent than most other industrialized countries. It currently has a record number of incarcerated people, and over half of those people are in jail for drug-related offenses. In fact, if being an inmate were considered a profession, it would be one of the most popular professions in the US. The following graph is a terrible commentary on how the US cultivates its human resources.
Some people have begun to refer our current geologic age as the “Anthropocene” as a way to underline the pre-eminent influence human beings have on “background” processes (meaning how the world would develop if there were no human beings on the planet). The most obvious manifestation of the effects of human activity is, of course, climate change. But by the end of this century, there will be about 11 billion people living on the planet. The effect on animal habitats will likely be devastating without some major behavioral changes.
The Swiss turned down the referendum that sought to limit the compensation of executives to no more than 12 times that of the lowest paid worker in any given firm. The defeat was expected, but supporters of the measure took comfort in having raised an important issue not only in Switzerland but all over the world.
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