Why do we worry so much about 2 things that are completely man made constructs?
958922
At a monastery you don;t have to worry much about either, I suppose....
51042
Because it's not in our human nature. We simply aren't built to be all placid in utopia.
783425
Because those myths were created by man, and man is obsessed with being rich.  Man's ideal "heaven" has expensive materials everywhere.  A better question is who could actually believe that is true.
1147850
none building a comp only causes stress, bad 4 health
454734
It's politics but it's also the incredible egotism human beings have that we are at the center of everything. Sure, we need to be concerned about pollution. We have to breathe the air and drink the water. Human beings have clearly had an adverse effect on local ecosystems, but whether we are powerful enough to warm up the whole planet is an open question. I am afraid that all the focus on global warming is taking attention away from environmental issues where there is a clearer cause and effect.
1029391
The answer to your question is both.\n\nMan made:\n\n ~exhaust fumes from cars, factories\n ~aerosols\n ~CFCs\n\nNature\n\n ~clouds\n ~volcanic eruptions\n\n\nyeah, so nature is actually suffering a lot already, and then man comes in to add fuel to the fire.
566521
People have shorter attention spans. As proved by several statments above, people want just the main points, and don't want to make things overly complicated. It's rather ironic, then, that as we have more complicated machines, that we want everything in it's simplest form. But, on the other hand, the media is encouraging it, too, so it's hard to pinpoint who is starting all this.
648284
Because we are to busy solving other countries problems to worry about our own
298133
Humans are their biggest challenge... dealing w/ our nets, pollution and global warming for example.
107249
It's all about fear.\nIf one kilss enought from the other one, in the end one with less power gives up. Still your question is verry interesting as long as we are grown all the way with the idea tha force and power (read it war) is not the way to solve problems.\n In the end has nothing to do with anything else except politics, economy and so called defense industry.As long as humanity continue to produce guns it is more than obviouslly that one day , those guns must be use and consumed for the simple fact that you can not deposit an whole industry for ever.\nSo war make peace because peoples makes guns.\nIt is stupid but as well, verry real.
738755
Because our freedom and security come first. Without those two things, nothing else is gonna matter anyway. There are far too many people that don't understand this. And the reason for that is, I think, is because they've known nothing BUT freedom in their lifetimes and take it for granted that it's always gonna be there without any effort to maintain it.
119488
We are hardwired to destroy this planet like termites destroy a piece of wood. Surely you have noticed that we are not the same as the other creatures who live here? We do not develope a sense of equalibrium with the environment around us, because we are no longer adapting to fit into our surroundings. Instead we change our surroundings to fit our wants and needs. I believe man is too easily distracted and caught up in his own drama to repair any of the damage he's done.
330802
A good question, but your assumption is basically flawed. The flaw: Man is NOT like other resources except in that he IS a resource.  The main difference lies in consciousness and decision-making capacity.  A lump of coal or a piece of steel cannot make a decision as to its use or application; a man can.  This, then, is the basic differentiator - mankind is the only sentient resource in your equation and without a sentient conciousness, no resource could truly be considered a resource because there would be no to make the "RESOURCEFUL" application thereof.
267494
I don't think people are lying awake worrying about it.  That's not something most people think about.  However, I would think that the initial response, if it were a reality, would be fear.  What motivates it?  Since we rely heavily on technology, what threat does it pose?  Even as I type this, I try ro refrain from saying "they" instead of "it" (they is typically used to describe an unknown group, as if they're forming alliances.)  When we think of awareness, we think of life.  Life consumes life for survival.  It is only natural that we'd fear it.\n\nHowever, I think we are far from achieving such a feat.  Defining awareness would prove just as difficult.
932444
no, man is bothered with the future God has set out for them not the other way around. God already knows what our future is. So there is no need to be worried, and he knows how it turns out. So it would be pointless to worry about it, although man is constantly worried about his future.
651683
its the most disastrous formula humans have ever concocted. gods are fake & politics are inherantly corrupt. we concentrate so much on these two silly notions that we failed to progress as a spiecies. theres an asteroid that will solve all our problems some day. had we focused on right than wrong, we could have stepped out of harms way.
787751
Every thing is designed based on some constraints. A good design would take care of all constraints and then deliver. A civil engineer can design roads for the next 100 years and completely maintenance free but then he would not be able to meet the constraints of land requirement, budgets and a feasible time frame for completion of the project, and not to forget the one major factor the technology available.\nThus you see vast difference in civil designs of public utility structures of developing and developed nations. Both the designs are suitable according to the above mentioned constraints.