Wise Passiveness (Huxley video 2)

Aldous Huxley talks about the problem of population and strain on resources. The way I see it, in order to successfully industrialize we need to learn how to practice moderation, as a society. We cannot exactly implement laws regarding the number of children people should have but maybe it is irresponsible to contribute to the burden on the environment, the resources and the planet by continuing to have more children when we can't even take care of the ones that are here (on a macrolevel). Maybe if we worked on teaching the people who are already here such values as minimalism instead of bigger is better, moderation instead of gluttony and mindless consumption. Emphasize recycling and conservation. I know that not a lot of people care about these things today. We care more about luxuries and convenience. No one wants to work hard; hard workers are a dying breed.

I think people don't care because we have been conditioned not to care. We are susceptible to our environment. If, one day every television program, news report, public policy and other media outlet concerned and promoted intelligence, goodwill and creativity societal values and ideals would probably begin to evolve and move in a different direction. We hold ourselves back from wise passivenss and awareness with all of these distractions on a daily basis. Between the tv shows, video games, emphasis on sporting events and all the advertisements in between we rarely give ourselves a chance these days to create the circumstances necessary to exercise the deep mind. Huxley talks about taking in contemplation and giving out love; I wonder, if we have let ourselves forget the importance of contemplation, how long will it be before we forget the importance of love?