It was 33 years ago on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion killed seven people precisely 73 seconds after launch, after there were concerns about the spacecraft’s safety. In this day in age, people choose to ignore warnings about our decaying planet and concerns about rising sea levels. Why is it that we ignore warnings about things we know will hurt us?
This dates back to a Greek Prophet, who was burdened with never being believed. Her name was Cassandra and she was the daughter of the King of Troy. Before the end of the Trojan war, a wooden horse was brought to the front gates of the kingdom of Troy as a “peace offering,” where really, it was a trick. When the kingdom was debating on bringing in the horse or not, Cassandra saw into the future and saw that it would lead to catastrophe. Nobody believed her, but when chaos struck, her kingdom was destroyed. After this, people still didn’t believe her warnings of the future.
So why is it that the humankind ignores warnings that will benefit their wellbeing? When it comes to our safety, the planet's safety, and our communities safety, how do we know which warnings to listen to, and which ones are false?
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