"Your Viewpoint Determines the Future"

Although global warming is one of the biggest issues in this world today, I never really paid much attention to the transition that it is slowly making. I used to be very careless when it came to talking about the earth, but after learning about the various affects of global warming, I sometimes wish I can put an end to it. According to chapter 3 of “Your Viewpoint Determines the Future,” by Mark Maslin, many people have different beliefs about global warming. Some believe that there is nothing that humans can do to fix the problem that we are suffering from today; global warming. Others believe that there is a way you can fix it, but by viewing past events, global warming looks like it can’t be abolished. In reality, I don’t think that there is anything that we as humans can do about it.
My “Writing Seminar I” class at Skidmore College, influenced me to learn more about global warming, a conflict that has existed for centuries. Maslin states, “The future may turn out to be good or bad, but in any event it is beyond our control” (“Maslin, p.38). Due to the fact that no one tried to stop climate change in the past, global warming is hitting extremes that no human can survive. Many people didn’t start paying attention to global warming until it struck in 2005, with Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina killed about 3,000 people, and many people still ignored that tragedy. According to Maslin, “By looking at global warming in this way…there are clear reasons why those who do not believe in the threat of global warming may never believe in it until it is too late” (Maslin, p. 42). Global warming is ready to make a transition that no existing species can handle.
Mark Maslin is a great influence in my life because he allows me to view global warming as a dangerous hazard. If people don’t realize the conflicts that are in store for us in the future, then the world will be hit with a huge surprise.

Maslin, Mark. Global Warming: A Very Short Introductions (Very Short Introductions). New York University Press, USA, 2008