All true. But one must try! By saying dont despair that is all I really meant, do not despair. The people who suceeded in the past certainly tried. Even just

All true. But one must try! By saying dont despair that is all I really meant, do not despair. The people who suceeded in the past certainly tried. Even just setting a good personal example is a step, if everyone did that the problem would be fixed, and you may inspire those around you in subtle ways. Globally humans are facing some of the biggest threats in history, looming food and water shortages and the resultant wars (possibly nuclear) Jared Diamond in his fantastic book 'Collapse' describes well documented examples of societies that completely collapsed in the past, and we are now globally facing many of the same set of factors that felled them. However he also presents positive examples of societies predicting serious problems and systematically taking steps to prevent them, for example the problems of deforestation in Germany and Japan were arrested and they established sustainable forestry.