tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7121620343798309395.post6330716239004749027..comments2022-12-15T19:14:42.774-08:00Comments on Colin's Blog: If We Aren't Careful, We May End Up Where We Are Heading.Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198120627374232756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7121620343798309395.post-54064038928515034962011-12-19T09:20:11.516-08:002011-12-19T09:20:11.516-08:00Ah, but this is not pessimism. This is just lookin...Ah, but this is not pessimism. This is just looking at the charts and stating where they are going. The fact that some people see clearly the problem is a very good sign. <br /><br />Here is something a bit more pesimistic. If you look at every living species on the planet including pine trees. There is one thing that they all do, propagate until the carrying capacity of the environment around them puts a stop to growth. Humans have been especially clever ways to manipulate matter. When we end up depleting the resources around us, they will have been cleaned to the last crumb. No chance whatsoever for "rebuilding." We go back to the stone age or we cease to exist. <br /><br />At our current rate of consumtion, it is quite likely that Jessica's son Adam will live to see the real and definitive start of the decline. It is not clear that his children (he is so smart and handsome that it is not possible he will not have children ;-)) will either be living well in a totally different social structure or he will be really curious about what the hell all these things lying around labeled "computers" were used for. <br /><br />Now that is not even pessimistic. When I say that this is indeed a likely outcome for America, now that is pessimistic. Might I suggest a migration to the South American Andes where, if the "modern world" crashes, they will simply say "huh, that was interesting" and continue to work as they have for a couple of thousand years. <br /><br />I think it is here that my optimism shines. There is still time to move the family to the rain forest before the idea gets too popular and the locals figure out what jerks we are and start using us as a source of protein. With the dietary increase of complex amino acids perhaps nature can finish constructing a brain that can actually think well. In the end, things may work out well. See, optimism.Michael Geretyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988238314749282940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7121620343798309395.post-11058949156213313492011-10-01T21:17:25.951-07:002011-10-01T21:17:25.951-07:00Ahh, the Eternal Pessimism of the Intellectual Min...Ahh, the Eternal Pessimism of the Intellectual Mind...<br /><br />Not to say that you aren't correctly describing what's going on...sfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17915065012000448790noreply@blogger.com