The_Chameleon
Grandmaster
Most people I think avoid contemplating the big picture problems that face the human race today. There are so many things going on, and each of them individually pose a real threat to our species. The most prominent of these looming threats is overpopulation and the resulting lack of sustainable resources. We can also factor in the effects of pollution, global warming, and commercial overfishing on our oceans. But there are also lesser known threats like the deterioration of Earths protective magnetic field on account of polar drift. We've actually had it good for the past several decades, but we're soon to discover just how good we had it.
The world is heating up and getting very crowded. It won't be long before the number of "third world" countries begins to increase rapidly. The global economy has been teetering on the edge of collapse since the '08 meltdown. The increasing cost of non-communicable diseases alone is expected to start toppling national economies around the world by 2030. We've made ourselves globally dependent on one-genome-fits-all GMO crops worldwide. Crops that are very susceptible to disease and without regular use of increasingly toxic pesticides, infestations. If we factor in increased frequency and severity of storms and other climatic nastiness due to global warming, we're pointed in the direction of a global food shortage. This same climatic unpleasantness is going to also present massive economic challenges moving forward.
Given all known factors, if we manage to make it another 15-20 years without some form of global catastrophe, it will be nothing short of a miracle. And when we do reach the tipping point, how will you react? Do you accept the dire situation we, as a species, are facing? What can be done about these problems? Does anyone really care or are we all doomed to end the story of the human race by prioritizing our Facebook profiles and favorite reality shows? If we are all truly screwed and that time is coming soon, how does that make you feel? Have you made peace with it? Seems like a lot of folks have.
Happy apocalypse everyone!
The world is heating up and getting very crowded. It won't be long before the number of "third world" countries begins to increase rapidly. The global economy has been teetering on the edge of collapse since the '08 meltdown. The increasing cost of non-communicable diseases alone is expected to start toppling national economies around the world by 2030. We've made ourselves globally dependent on one-genome-fits-all GMO crops worldwide. Crops that are very susceptible to disease and without regular use of increasingly toxic pesticides, infestations. If we factor in increased frequency and severity of storms and other climatic nastiness due to global warming, we're pointed in the direction of a global food shortage. This same climatic unpleasantness is going to also present massive economic challenges moving forward.
Given all known factors, if we manage to make it another 15-20 years without some form of global catastrophe, it will be nothing short of a miracle. And when we do reach the tipping point, how will you react? Do you accept the dire situation we, as a species, are facing? What can be done about these problems? Does anyone really care or are we all doomed to end the story of the human race by prioritizing our Facebook profiles and favorite reality shows? If we are all truly screwed and that time is coming soon, how does that make you feel? Have you made peace with it? Seems like a lot of folks have.
Happy apocalypse everyone!