In the article by Richard Lamm talks about the importance and limitations of history. I believe that we can learn from past mistakes and predict the events for the future. In terms of science whenever scientist/researchers perform an experiment they always want to know the background and history before something became what it is now. History is important to teach us about past mistakes and/or provide us with a background to help solve certain problems. I do agree with the author that history, the past may not help us with sustainability and global warming if people are stuck in the past and are not able to see the future.

After reading this article do you have faith that we will become more sustainable in the future by learning what works and what does not from the past?

The author seems very negative about how we are affecting the earth and becoming selfish. That we have become ignored about everything around us and that this might prevent us from moving forward especially if we look too much into the past and not the future. I believe that we have advanced so much already with technology and sustainability and that we will keep moving forward and resolve problems. We can’t resolve all  problems in the world however people have becoming more aware of the problems, education has increased and thus knowledge to do greater things.