Lester W. Milbrath tells us:
We have failed to take into account the long-run consequences of just doing what we have always done - but better and better. The further our cleverness departs from nature’s well worked out patterns, the greater the likelihood that the clever action will have unintended consequences - ones likely to injure humans and the environment.
(Quoted from pgs. 3 and 19 of Envisioning a Sustainable Society, by Lester W. Milbrath. State University of New York Press, 1990.)
For a brief biography of Lester W. Milbrath, click here.
We have failed to take into account the long-run consequences of just doing what we have always done - but better and better. The further our cleverness departs from nature’s well worked out patterns, the greater the likelihood that the clever action will have unintended consequences - ones likely to injure humans and the environment.
(Quoted from pgs. 3 and 19 of Envisioning a Sustainable Society, by Lester W. Milbrath. State University of New York Press, 1990.)
For a brief biography of Lester W. Milbrath, click here.
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