World will end in 2050

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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    farfromglorified wrote:
    This is such a weird topic. 100 years ago, in America, someone would see this kind of data and say "Then we'll build something better". Now we see it and say "we're doomed". Sad.

    That's exactly what I was going to say. Surely our technology will advance in those years to make that date not applicable.

    All the mini chicken littles around here are humorous in a sad way...
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    from david suzuki:

    "I feel like we are in a giant car heading for a brick wall at 100 miles an hour and everyone in the car is arguing where they want to sit. For God's sake, someone has to say put the brakes on and turn the wheel."
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    That's what we're all saying................but who is the driver????? They still have to make the decision to push the breaks or turn the wheel and so far they are just pushing the gas. It would seem that if you don't have a lot of $, you're not even in the car, you're in the trailor behind it, unheard.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    PJPOWER wrote:
    That's what we're all saying................but who is the driver????? They still have to make the decision to push the breaks or turn the wheel and so far they are just pushing the gas.

    And here, friends, is the problem.

    YOU'RE THE FUCKING DRIVER!!!!!!!! WE'RE ALL THE FUCKING DRIVERS.

    It's not complicated.
  • obiwon76
    obiwon76 Posts: 568
    2050. So that could be the reason why I work for the man, smoke everyday, drink every night, drive too fast, exercise when im sore, play with strange dogs, eat steaks that are pink and listen to the greatest band on earth. Who wants to live until then.
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  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    farfromglorified wrote:
    And here, friends, is the problem.

    YOU'RE THE FUCKING DRIVER!!!!!!!! WE'RE ALL THE FUCKING DRIVERS.

    It's not complicated.
    Too bad it is more complicated than that...........Although if it were that simple, we'd all have the same size vehicle, all be traveling the same speed. Some decisions are made that effect us whether we're driving or not. Maybe the driver should actually listen to the people they are driving, instead of all the other drivers heading towards that brick wall....
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    obiwon76 wrote:
    2050. So that could be the reason why I work for the man, smoke everyday, drink every night, drive too fast, exercise when im sore, play with strange dogs, eat steaks that are pink and listen to the greatest band on earth. Who wants to live until then.


    haha. live fast and die young. nothing wrong with that.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    know1 wrote:
    That's exactly what I was going to say. Surely our technology will advance in those years to make that date not applicable.


    I agree. but we need to get a move on. its almost 2010.
  • NCfan
    NCfan Posts: 945
    While I agree that polution and over-population are extremely serious problems, I think this report is full of shit.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    PJPOWER wrote:
    Too bad it is more complicated than that...........Although if it were that simple, we'd all have the same size vehicle, all be traveling the same speed. Some decisions are made that effect us whether we're driving or not. Maybe the driver should actually listen to the people they are driving, instead of all the other drivers heading towards that brick wall....

    You are driving the same vehicle: a human being.
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    NCfan wrote:
    While I agree that polution and over-population are extremely serious problems, I think this report is full of shit.


    my thoughts exactly when I first read it. I mean, 45-50 years and we are done? this planet is fucking huge. seems way too fast.
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    jlew24asu wrote:
    my thoughts exactly when I first read it. I mean, 45-50 years and we are done? this planet is fucking huge. seems way too fast.
    It would seem...........at least i'll be old and crazy by that time if all goes well........and assuming they don't find a cure for Alzheimers :)
  • Eva7
    Eva7 Posts: 226
    PJPOWER wrote:
    That's what we're all saying................but who is the driver????? They still have to make the decision to push the breaks or turn the wheel and so far they are just pushing the gas. It would seem that if you don't have a lot of $, you're not even in the car, you're in the trailor behind it, unheard.
    farfromglorified wrote:
    And here, friends, is the problem.

    YOU'RE THE FUCKING DRIVER!!!!!!!! WE'RE ALL THE FUCKING DRIVERS.

    It's not complicated.


    Absolutely. And that's what we have to rethink: "It would seem that if you don't have a lot of $, you're not even in the car, you're in the trailor behind it, unheard". You don't need a lot of $ to change your life, on the contrary, you need less money and more creativity. You need to change your priorities and needs. this is exactly what we should rethink, that this world and our life cannot be ruled by money, and the only way to subvert this is not to accept it in our life. how do people live? They have a job manily to spend money in order to refill their car go to work, and to buy a new cell phone or a new refrigerator. is there still someone who is able to invent is own job? is there someone who is still willing to go and see the world? is there still someone who is ready to fight a battle to defend one wood, one river, one hill from industrial exploitation? Very few. we live in a system that is like an engine, and our role is to feed this engine. But you can also reject the engine and start something different, by a different logic. None can stop you, and maybe one day this may affect the engine.
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  • Eva7
    Eva7 Posts: 226
    PJPOWER wrote:
    Too bad it is more complicated than that...........Although if it were that simple, we'd all have the same size vehicle, all be traveling the same speed. Some decisions are made that effect us whether we're driving or not. Maybe the driver should actually listen to the people they are driving, instead of all the other drivers heading towards that brick wall....

    and who makes such decisions? probably the people that we have elected. No, it's not the driver who has to listen to the people, but the people that have to find the heart to make a choice. I see that people have chosen to accept the logic of an illusive well-being. The people have elected the drivers who give them tv, and new cars, and cell phones, and propaganda made of things that they like to hear. and the people buy all that stuff, and they go to work to buy all these stuff. The driver is just the expression of the people.
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  • Eva7
    Eva7 Posts: 226
    jlew24asu wrote:
    my thoughts exactly when I first read it. I mean, 45-50 years and we are done? this planet is fucking huge. seems way too fast.

    this planet may seem huge to your eyes, but it is not an endless resource. there is an universe outside, with its balance, and this report doesn't say anything new, actually.
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  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    this report doesn't mean we're done by 2050 ... what it is essentially saying is that it will become a world of those who have and those who haven't ... obviously when you look at the distribution of wealth in this world currently that is nothing new ... it'll just continue to get worse ...
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Eva7 wrote:
    Absolutely. And that's what we have to rethink: "It would seem that if you don't have a lot of $, you're not even in the car, you're in the trailor behind it, unheard". You don't need a lot of $ to change your life, on the contrary, you need less money and more creativity. You need to change your priorities and needs. this is exactly what we should rethink, that this world and our life cannot be ruled by money, and the only way to subvert this is not to accept it in our life. how do people live? They have a job manily to spend money in order to refill their car go to work, and to buy a new cell phone or a new refrigerator. is there still someone who is able to invent is own job? is there someone who is still willing to go and see the world? is there still someone who is ready to fight a battle to defend one wood, one river, one hill from industrial exploitation? Very few. we live in a system that is like an engine, and our role is to feed this engine. But you can also reject the engine and start something different, by a different logic. None can stop you, and maybe one day this may affect the engine.
    You are taking what I said completely out of context. I didn't say that people couldn't change for the better of the whole........I was pointing out that "it seems" like this is the current situation with high dollar corporations running our government instead of the people doing so. If I was able to personally get enough lobbyists backed by special interest groups supporting all of my well-hearted ideas then I might be a much better driver...........But as it is now, I'm in the back seat, doing my own good, calling representatives, not buying into the propoganda and trying to let the driver know that he is heading for a brick wall! If you look at the drivers as just being the people as a whole, then the driver will not even have the capability of making the decision to stop because the breaks have been cut by those with different viewpoints that aren't as effected by the decision to stop or crash...............When did I ever say that I needed more $ to "change my life" btw..........
  • Jackhammer
    Jackhammer Posts: 122
    Considering the age of our planet, the universe and that kind of stuff, I wouldn't be surprise of two things: the earth's resources will be depleted soon, and mankind might not be there to see it.

    I mean, since when are humans around? How long did it take us to put ourselves in the mess we're in?

    I don't want to sound nihilistic, but I don't see how we could simply stop what we've set in motion with the world.

    And seeing what we did to our own bed, I do hope that mankind won't ever be able to live on another planet, for the universe sake ;)
    Reality isn't what it used to be.
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    polaris wrote:
    this report doesn't mean we're done by 2050 ... what it is essentially saying is that it will become a world of those who have and those who haven't ... obviously when you look at the distribution of wealth in this world currently that is nothing new ... it'll just continue to get worse ...
    That reminds me of an article that I read talking about human evolution and the predictions of the changes in society in 1000 years. It talked about a society with split a human species where there will be "the haves" who are genetically superior physically and mentally, and the "have nots" who are pretty much like the worker ants that are controled completely by the genetically superior...........Reminds me of "The Time Machine"

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