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第51章 难以忽视的真相 2（第1页）

第51章难以忽视的真相（2）

Intheyearssihisprizewasfirstawarded，theeioweenhumankihhasbeenradisformed。Andstill，wehaveremainedlargelyoblivioustotheimpaulativeas。

&wodecadesago，stistscalculatedthatnuclearwaruchdebrisaheairthatitwouldblocklife—givingsunlightfromouratmosphere，ga“er”。TheirelshereinOslohelpedgalvaheworld’sresolvetohaltthenucleararmsrace。

Nowsingusthatifwedonotquicklyreduingpollutionthatistrappingsomuchoftheheatourplanormallyradiatesbaosphere，weareindangeraperma“er”。

&quicklymobilizeourcivilizationwiththeurgehathaspreviouslybeenseeionsmobilizedforwar。Theyontheceyahofentirepeoples，sofeverydwhowerereadytostandagaioodoso。Ourehosetimescalculatedthatfreepeoplewouldhegetheywere，ofcourse，catastrophig。

hreatofclimatecrisis—athreatthatisreal，risiahepenaltiesfthisgeareimmenseandgrowing，andatsomewouldbeunsustainableandunrecoverable。Forillhavethepowertochooseourfate，andtheremaiionisonlythis:Havewethewilltoactvigorouslyandintime，orwillrisonedbyadangerousillusion?

MahatmaGahelargestdemoearthandfedasharedresolvewithwhathecalled“Satyagraha”—or“truthforce”。

Truthalsohasthepowertouniteusaaween“me”aingthebasisforoandsharedresponsibility。

ThereisanAfriproverbthatsays，“Ifyouwanttogoquickly，goalone。Ifyouwanttether。”Weogofar，quickly。

&abathatindividual，isolated，privateasaretheaheyddohelp。Buttheywillnottakeusfarenoughwithoutcollectivea。Atthesametime，wemusteinmobilizingglobally，wedoablishmentofideologiityaep“ism”。

Thatmeansadoptingprinciples，values，lawsareleasecreativityandieverylevelofsomultifoldresptlyandspontaneously。

Thisnewessrequiresexpandingthepossibilitiesiinallhumaorswhowilldeviseaoharhesun’senergyforpenniesorihat’segativemayliveinLagosorMumbaiorMontevideo。Wemusterepreneursaorseverywhereontheglobehavethegetheworld。

&eforamoralpurposethatismalygoodahespiritualenergyuransformus。Thegehatdefeatedfascismthroughouttheworldinthe1940sftomeettheirawesomege，thattheyhadgaihemoralauthorityandlong-termvisiontolaunchtheMarshallPlaedNations，andanewlevelofglobalcooperatihtthatunifiedEuropeandfacilitatedtheemergenodprermany，Japan，Italyandmuchoftheworld。Oheirvisionaryleaderssaid，“Itistimewesteeredbythestarsandsship。”

Iyearofthatwar，yougavethePeacePrizetoamanfrommyhometownoftle，Carthage，Tennessee。CordellHullwasdescribedbyFranklihe“FatheroftheUions”。Heiratioomyownfather，whofollowedHullinthegressandtheU。S。Senateandinhisenttoworldpeadglobalcooperation。

MypareenofHull，alwaysintonesofreverendadmiratioweeksago，whenyouahisprize，thedeepestemotiotheheadlineioerthatsimplynotedIhadrizethatCordellHullhadwon。Inthatmomemyfatherandmotherwouldhavefeltweretheyalive。

JustasHull’sgeionfoundmoralauthtosolvetheworldcrisiscausedbyfascism，sotoodreatestopportunityinrisingtosolvetheclimatetheKanjicharactersusedinbothdJapanese，“crisis”isosymbols，thefirstmeanihesed“opportunity”。Byfadremovingthedaheclimatecrisis，portunitytogainthemoralauthorityandvisiontovastlyincreaseouroacitytosolveothercrisesthathavebeentoolongignored。