My main concern with humanity is how we are on the brink of really being able to easily destroy ourselves. Releasing Hydroflourocarbons destroys the ozone. Once the ozone is gone all life on the surface of the Earth and in the oceans are destroyed.
But we caught it, banned and regulated. Some harm to the ozone, but the effects will stop in around 30-40 years and will heal itself. So no need to mention it again, right?
Wrong! We found out about what was happening to the ozone through pure accident! We didn't realize anything was going on at all. It was a happy mistake like penicillian. Oops. Man, that was a lucky break.
The exact same ozone destroying substance could have just as easily been produced during the industrial revolution. It was pure chance that it wasn't. But if it had, none of us would have ever been born cause there would be no animals, plants, humans, etc. left alive on this planet.
So we need to really pay attention to everything that we do. Green house effect, crap, we can't even say for sure that it is really happening. But we definetly need to stop burning up oil and coal. That will bring Green house effect on us eventually if it hasn't started already.
And that's just the most oblivious way.
What about intentional slaughter.
I can go on a rampage today and kill 20 times as many people than any one human could have done a few centuries ago. Our technology makes us more dangerous. And as time goes on it becomes available to dang near everyone.
Anyone want to wait until terrorists have intercontinental ballistic missiles?
Or how about missiles like Tomahawk cruise missiles?
Yeah, I'd love Al Queda to have a few thousands of those.
The only way we are not going to completely devastate all of civilization is that we need to:
A) Become very tolerant of other people and their beliefs/culture. However, anything that gives people a "cause" to start war with needs to be removed.
B) Increase the entire world up to the same standard of living as America/East Europe/Japan, etc. And that means everybody. Africa too. I want to see Ethiopians standing at all you can eat buffets at affordable prices on every street corner. When you have freedom, protection, and a full belly you are really loath to fight in any war except for very good reasons. And usually those reasons are created by people that do not have freedom, protection, or a full belly.
C) We HAVE to take responsibility for everything. That means that we have to pay attention to everything. Privacy is going to continue to decrease no matter what we do. So we can't control that aspect. That's technology. And humans seem to like it. So we have to learn to control it.
We have to closely monitor every aspect of our planet at all times. Everything. Content of the air, water, animal life, temperatures, ice melt. And when we notice anything eyebrow raising pour staggering amounts of funds into studying it.
We have to increase our abilities in space. Massive die outs happen around every 62 million years give or take 3 million years.
The last one destroyed the dinosaurs and paved the way for the rule of mammals and us at the top of the heap.
...That was 65 million years ago. We are due for a massive die off very, very soon. So what are we looking for?
It seems like around every 59-65 million years Earth passes through an Astroid field that holds some whoppers. We have to deflect the astroid/s, annilate it, redirect it, or get the heck off this rock.
But we caught it, banned and regulated. Some harm to the ozone, but the effects will stop in around 30-40 years and will heal itself. So no need to mention it again, right?
Wrong! We found out about what was happening to the ozone through pure accident! We didn't realize anything was going on at all. It was a happy mistake like penicillian. Oops. Man, that was a lucky break.
The exact same ozone destroying substance could have just as easily been produced during the industrial revolution. It was pure chance that it wasn't. But if it had, none of us would have ever been born cause there would be no animals, plants, humans, etc. left alive on this planet.
So we need to really pay attention to everything that we do. Green house effect, crap, we can't even say for sure that it is really happening. But we definetly need to stop burning up oil and coal. That will bring Green house effect on us eventually if it hasn't started already.
And that's just the most oblivious way.
What about intentional slaughter.
I can go on a rampage today and kill 20 times as many people than any one human could have done a few centuries ago. Our technology makes us more dangerous. And as time goes on it becomes available to dang near everyone.
Anyone want to wait until terrorists have intercontinental ballistic missiles?
Or how about missiles like Tomahawk cruise missiles?
Yeah, I'd love Al Queda to have a few thousands of those.
The only way we are not going to completely devastate all of civilization is that we need to:
A) Become very tolerant of other people and their beliefs/culture. However, anything that gives people a "cause" to start war with needs to be removed.
B) Increase the entire world up to the same standard of living as America/East Europe/Japan, etc. And that means everybody. Africa too. I want to see Ethiopians standing at all you can eat buffets at affordable prices on every street corner. When you have freedom, protection, and a full belly you are really loath to fight in any war except for very good reasons. And usually those reasons are created by people that do not have freedom, protection, or a full belly.
C) We HAVE to take responsibility for everything. That means that we have to pay attention to everything. Privacy is going to continue to decrease no matter what we do. So we can't control that aspect. That's technology. And humans seem to like it. So we have to learn to control it.
We have to closely monitor every aspect of our planet at all times. Everything. Content of the air, water, animal life, temperatures, ice melt. And when we notice anything eyebrow raising pour staggering amounts of funds into studying it.
We have to increase our abilities in space. Massive die outs happen around every 62 million years give or take 3 million years.
The last one destroyed the dinosaurs and paved the way for the rule of mammals and us at the top of the heap.
...That was 65 million years ago. We are due for a massive die off very, very soon. So what are we looking for?
It seems like around every 59-65 million years Earth passes through an Astroid field that holds some whoppers. We have to deflect the astroid/s, annilate it, redirect it, or get the heck off this rock.
