Atrevernos a imaginar y a tener miedo. Nuestra responsabilidad ante las generaciones futuras a partir del pensamiento de Günther Anders

Günther Anders stated that the problem of our time consists in the discrepancy between the enormous technological power we deploy and the limited capabilities we have to understand, control and take responsibility for the effects of that power. An example of this is the “Great Pacific garbage patch” that floats in the Pacific Ocean, which is made up of 79 million tons of plastic waste. However, why, even though the dangers that occur are evident, do we not act? Anders explains that we have lost the ability to be afraid of the magnitude of the danger that looms over us. With which his proposal is aimed at encouraging this fear while increasing our imaginative capacity to glimpse the magnitude in time and space of our actions, and to be responsible and act as a commitment to present and future generations.