This topic itself strikes the mind first as the topic says " THE ARITHMETIC OF COMPASSION " . As both these terms are different from each other since Compassion is the understanding or empathy for the suffering of others, it is the emotion that we feel in response to the suffering of others that motivates a desire to help , it is often regarded as having an emotional aspect to it, though when based on cerebral notions such as fairness, justice and interdependence, it may be considered rational in nature and its application understood as a activity based on sound judgment and Arithmetic is something to do with calculation or we can say that playing with the magical numbers which is something related to practacality . I was really shocked by the connection shown by the author and center shocked by the data shown in this . After reading the full data it was really mixed fleenings were there as european cows receives $2.50 per day as a subsidies whereas 75 % of the african people get less than $2 .

We would consider $6000 per year as a ver low income for us to fulfill our dreams and the get the high end living but if look at the other aspect of this we would find that it is also very high as we will be consuming what earth can produce with its 100 % efficency . At present our PPP (purchasing power partly ) is 9000 units , in terms of dollor it is $9000 per year a human speceis earn ,which if look at is 30 % more we are consuming of what earth can produce . This we are not realising now but is gonna hurt all of us extremley bad .
If we look at the other datas of the case we would find that though each human being is earn $9000 per year still our half of the population is living wid only $2.50 per day or say $900 per year which we can look at the difference n find out how pathethic the condition is n how vast is bridge of living standards has been created . Still 1.4 billon poppulation is below the official poverty line .
By looking at all these data and getting through the author's thought i think it is reasonably the neccesity of time to curtail our consumption and making the earth a better and safer place to live on .We can not get the pills of the earth out more than what it can produce as it will hamper the enviornment both physically as well as psychologically . So i agree with the author that we should follow the solutions shown by him and keep EARTH SAFE and ITS CREATURES HAPPY.