> Human suffering has never been less than it is now. This is the best time to be alive and more so in the future.
Hold your horses, my friend. 80% of the world's population lives on less than $10/day. Of those, 3 billion live on less that $2.5 per day. Go tell them that.
In the last 50 years or so virtually all the planet's ecosystems have been disrupted, polluted or destroyed entirely. Most depletion graphs look like hockey sticks, that is geometric progression with very short doubling times and still accelerating.
Storms, hurricanes, flooding and droughts have become daily news, not 'freak' events like they used to be.
I won't even touch on the global financial system and what a hack that is.
Being in denial is convenient, but it doesn't stop the processes set in motion.
And if we're talking about 'never ever', then it's worth mentioning that humanity has never ever had as many weapons, including nuclear, as it has now. Not even 1% of the destructive power that awaits to be unleashed. And humanity has never ever stopped waging war.
I'm happy that 'we' will walk on Mars, but that doesn't solve any of our current issues. Maybe the offsprings of the very few who will travel to the distant, cold desert which is Mars will be able to turn it into a paradise, similar to... Earth, who knows.
However, the way things are going, it seems we will turn Earth into Mars much sooner than vice-versa.
As a parent, I really hope I'm wrong and you're right, because I want my children to live a happy life and not have to deal with the consequences of our ignorant and wasteful lifestyle.
Hold your horses, my friend. 80% of the world's population lives on less than $10/day. Of those, 3 billion live on less that $2.5 per day. Go tell them that.
In the last 50 years or so virtually all the planet's ecosystems have been disrupted, polluted or destroyed entirely. Most depletion graphs look like hockey sticks, that is geometric progression with very short doubling times and still accelerating.
Storms, hurricanes, flooding and droughts have become daily news, not 'freak' events like they used to be. I won't even touch on the global financial system and what a hack that is.
Being in denial is convenient, but it doesn't stop the processes set in motion.
And if we're talking about 'never ever', then it's worth mentioning that humanity has never ever had as many weapons, including nuclear, as it has now. Not even 1% of the destructive power that awaits to be unleashed. And humanity has never ever stopped waging war.
I'm happy that 'we' will walk on Mars, but that doesn't solve any of our current issues. Maybe the offsprings of the very few who will travel to the distant, cold desert which is Mars will be able to turn it into a paradise, similar to... Earth, who knows.
However, the way things are going, it seems we will turn Earth into Mars much sooner than vice-versa.
As a parent, I really hope I'm wrong and you're right, because I want my children to live a happy life and not have to deal with the consequences of our ignorant and wasteful lifestyle.