Human adaptability has gotten us this far but now it is killing us

[egbertowillies]

I recently interviewed political activist, writer, poet, singer Eleanor Goldfield on Politics Done Right. As usual, she always has a few prescient statements that speak very well to the current pathology of many in our body politic. This one on human adaptability is ringing for it is so true.

Ironically she used the frog in boiling water analogy I first heard used by Detroit activist Maureen Taylor who also discussed human adaptability. She gave a hell of a presentation at Netroots Nation in Detroit a few years ago.

https://egbertowillies.com/2019/03/23/eleanor-goldfield-human-adaptability/

[KT2000]

1. Adaptability also applies

to living in a toxic environment, including our homes. Everything is made with so many chemicals - furniture, carpets, vinyl flooring, air fresheners, personal care products, clothing, etc. Hardly any of it tested for safety and none tested in combination. The human body uses what it has to convert those poisons or flush them out until it no longer has the ability to do that. That is when organ damage and disease strikes. Some like to think of that as an act of god but it is human stupidity.

Try telling a person who does not have disease they can save themselves by avoiding those exposures and you get sarcasm. That is the trap of adaptability. It is fine until it's not, and then it's too late.