the age of stupid

Do you know what gastronomy and astronomy have in common ? In both cases it's all about the stars !

There, that was the funny (and unrelated) bit of this post. Hopefully you at least got a smile out of it. Although there should be more reason for joy in Belgium, since we managed to get some top-jobs in the European Union (presidency, trade).

However, yesterday I watched "The Age of Stupid". Already being called the second best film (after "An Inconvenient Truth") on climate change.

Comparing the two is actually pointless. The amazing thing about this whole climate-issue, is ... how can we (you, me, everyone, ...) carry on with our daily lives knowing what we know. We know we are going to be around when the point-of-no-return (2015) is reached. And we know we will have done nothing. We know our own children are going to suffer because of that. And still we raise them as if nothing of that sort is going to be in their future.

An Inconvenient Truth hinted at these same questions. The Age of Stupid answers them. The main point of the film is made when it shows a woman smiling radiantly after having won the case against raising a windmill-park in her village (because it would disturb the view while walking in the area) and at the same time claiming that she is environmentally aware, of course she is ...

That woman is us. Every single one of us.
And we will all go down together.