New Flat Earth Society Summary

In the first article, “The New Flat Earth Society”, by Albert A Bartlett, the author discusses the beliefs of the New Flat Earth Society, especially pointing out the need for the earth to be flat and therefore infinite in order to encompass the ever-growing population of people. Although the Earth has been proven to be round, the Flat Earth Society is deemed ‘New’ because of their desire for the Earth to be infinite to be able to make up for the increasing number of people and the decreasing number of resources. I believe that the article does not make much sense because the Earth has been scientifically proven to be round and in actuality is not infinite but has limits. Furthermore, instead of believing the Earth is infinite in hopes of it being able to sustain increasing life, we should believe the Earth is in fact finite and has limits that need to be accustomed around. In other words instead of creating a
In conclusion, the article made me think of the importance of finding ways to increase the use of alternate and renewable resources and delay the disappearance of the limited resources on the Earth that are absolutely needed for human survival. In the second article, “Out of Rocks”, by The Onion, the author is mocking the belief that we are running out of rocks and bringing attention to the type of thinking process in people over resources that are genuinely needed. On the last page of the article it is the belief of one witness that we will never run out of