Devoted though we must be to the conservation cause, I do not believe that any of us should give all of our time or effort or heart. Give it what you can, but do not burn yourselves out - or break your hearts. Let us save at least half of our lives for the enjoyment of this wonderful world which still exists. Leave your dens, abandon your cars and walk out into the great mountains, the deserts, the forests, the seashores. Those treasures still belong to all of us. Enjoy them to the full, stretch your legs, expand your lungs, enliven your hearts - and we will outlive the greedy swine who want to destroy it all in the name of what they call GROWTH.
-- Edward Abbey Letter to Florence Kell, 26th September 1976
Astonishing to think so little has changed in regard to greed and destruction of the earth in the nearly half a century since this was written! Actually, it's got worse - look at what the 'AI' techbros are doing - leaving actual residents without water and electricity 'cos they're using it all. Bastards.