The Courage to Face Reality

The story of Easter Island is the story of the unsustainable depletion of natural resources on a (very) limited land mass trying to support a (rapidly) growing population. Many suggest this story is repeating itself - more quickly and globally. Will we have the courage to face certain facts about what say we value, and how we behave? Knowing what we know about collapsed civilizations, will have the courage to choose to unlearn an unsustainable path of destruction? Or will we choose different metrics of 'success' for a new way to work and to live?