This theme is why I won't go next year
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theCryptofishist
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Yeah, but I kinda gotta ask what the end result will be in terms o f a livable earth. There's a possible event horizon that I don't want to live past...
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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spectabillis
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strangely enough despite my overall pessimistic attitude, i have more faith in humans than to think we will ever reach an apocalyptic moment that would destroy ourselves. mad (mutually assured destruction) through nuclear weapons, climate change, energy shortfalls, overpopulation, marginalizing our ecosystem for farming.. there will continue to be problems and challenges but we're like fucking cockroaches, nothing will kill us.
besides, there's always the possibility of terraforming other planets and raiding astroids of resources. but not during my lifetime, otherwise i would be screaming to get off this rock and away from everyone.
besides, there's always the possibility of terraforming other planets and raiding astroids of resources. but not during my lifetime, otherwise i would be screaming to get off this rock and away from everyone.
I agree that the human race will probably never kill itself off completely. But I do see it being highly probable that large numbers of our population will die do to our actions. We're running out of oil (with nothing ready to take over for it) and fresh water. The ecosystem is being destroyed, and it’s only going to get worse as more and more countries start to industrialize.
If the US economy ever took a nose dive the vast majority of people would have no idea at first on how to cope. The majority of our workforce are paper pushers with no background or knowledge of manual labor. In the 1950s our culture prided itself on being self sufficient, a man that couldn't do at least minor work on his house, car, toaster, etc. wasn't a man at all. Now our society would be much happier to pay someone else to do those things for them. Or we just throw the broken things away and buy new. How many people would be completely lost without our current technology?
I recently read a study that as countries start to industrialize their suicide rates start to rise. In the last 20 years the number of people that place themselves 'below middleclass' when asked has doubled, whether they are statistically in that bracket or not. I blame both of these on our extreme fascination with the rich and famous. We're constantly reminded of all of the high priced crap we don't have, and we all hope and dream about the one day when we'll strike it rich and be able to buy it. It's not practical, not everyone is going to become a highly-paid executive, movie/music star, or have a father that owns hotels.
Luckily the counterculture is growing as well; we just need to stop isolating ourselves from society and start actively recruiting more people. Spread knowledge at all costs.
If the US economy ever took a nose dive the vast majority of people would have no idea at first on how to cope. The majority of our workforce are paper pushers with no background or knowledge of manual labor. In the 1950s our culture prided itself on being self sufficient, a man that couldn't do at least minor work on his house, car, toaster, etc. wasn't a man at all. Now our society would be much happier to pay someone else to do those things for them. Or we just throw the broken things away and buy new. How many people would be completely lost without our current technology?
I recently read a study that as countries start to industrialize their suicide rates start to rise. In the last 20 years the number of people that place themselves 'below middleclass' when asked has doubled, whether they are statistically in that bracket or not. I blame both of these on our extreme fascination with the rich and famous. We're constantly reminded of all of the high priced crap we don't have, and we all hope and dream about the one day when we'll strike it rich and be able to buy it. It's not practical, not everyone is going to become a highly-paid executive, movie/music star, or have a father that owns hotels.
Luckily the counterculture is growing as well; we just need to stop isolating ourselves from society and start actively recruiting more people. Spread knowledge at all costs.
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skygod
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What is the difference between us and all the other forms of life that have extinguished themselves on Earth?spectabillis wrote:despite my overall pessimistic attitude, i have more faith in humans than to think we will ever reach an apocalyptic moment that would destroy ourselves.
"It will seem difficult in the beginning. But everything seems difficult in the beginning."- Musashi
skygod wrote:What is the difference between us and all the other forms of life that have extinguished themselves on Earth?spectabillis wrote:despite my overall pessimistic attitude, i have more faith in humans than to think we will ever reach an apocalyptic moment that would destroy ourselves.
We're gonna do it with style.
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Ugly Dougly
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