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Imagine you're an alien visiting Earth on 2050 and it's the worst-case scenario as predicted. You see all the suffering, people starving, not a lot going on and
by gtirloni 7y ago
Imagine you're an alien visiting Earth on 2050 and it's the worst-case scenario as predicted. You see all the suffering, people starving, not a lot going on and then you look at all the arable land, the mineral resources, the factories, etc and nothing is happening. People refuse to help each other at a large scale. It's like the hungry ghosts story in planetary scale. You'd be very puzzled, wouldn't you?
Food for thought...
- dfilppi 7y agoYeah you'd wonder why they bought iPhones , pricey cars, vacations, private school and eating out instead of saving
- gibbonsrcool 7y agoWell it all happens for a reason. And I don't mean as part of some master plan, but cause and effect. Since we're talking about an alien civilization capable of traveling to earth, vastly technologically and intellectually superior to us, they'd probably be able to assess the problem pretty quickly based on human nature. It confuses us because we can't understand collective human behavior. This made me think of the line from MIB: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."