Dual-process

Mind being engaged in something far beyond my reach. I sort of quit working this morning, and solely focusing on 'extracurricular' reading. The 'Live Earth' concert has drawn particular high attention from all over the world, and people start arguing what are the imminent problems we should devote our effort in FIRST before anything. Critics are shouting (see sp!ked) that Al Gore is way too loud for his campaign and is now raising as a global hero, and they demand public's focus to spare to problems like AIDs, Malaria, Education in the Developing Counties and Vaccines, as solving these problems could save the humankind NOW instead of waiting over a century for the temperature to drop 1 degree. They argue that Al is overstressing on a problem and blindfolding other issues of the same weight. For Christ's sake, I understand priority setting is the paramount of success under limited resources, yet why can't humankind 'dual-process' issues when a computer can do that with ease? To me, raising awareness for Global Warming is important for us to act 'a little bit green', otherwise, we'd just sit back and relax and nothing will happen even of the sea level raise over 1 meter in Amsterdam, and windstorm washes the shores of the US. It's humankind's ability to anticipate upcoming problems which makes us the most 'advanced' (?) civilization 'on earth'? So we are just trying to stop a bigger problem that might happen in the future before it's too late. Plus, we cannot stop malaria at individual level (except doing donation I suppose? Or scientific research?), while being green is what we could do to stop doing harm. Of course, at the same time, you may want to take a look at other campaigns ongoing:

Malaria Foundation International

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

We need balanced views, and a diverisified mind to tackle problems around us.

*Sigh* So, finger crossed, and God blessed.