FWIW this phenomenon has been happening since before the dawn of industrialization. If anything it's probably less of a problem in 2017 than it's ever been.
That doesn't mean we should stop treating it like a problem. It just means we should look back on our sordid history as a species and take that as encouragement that we can keep improving.
And it starts with awareness. Who today talks about the BP oil and Exxon Valdez oil spills, or Love Canal, or Enron†?
†Execs only got prosecuted and convicted here because more powerful people lost money because of them.
That doesn't mean we should stop treating it like a problem. It just means we should look back on our sordid history as a species and take that as encouragement that we can keep improving.
And it starts with awareness. Who today talks about the BP oil and Exxon Valdez oil spills, or Love Canal, or Enron†?
†Execs only got prosecuted and convicted here because more powerful people lost money because of them.