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> We need to focus on making that ride as benign to humanity as possible. I like the idea of planning to accommodate the upcoming changes (climate, geopolitica
by RhysU 5y ago
> We need to focus on making that ride as benign to humanity as possible.
I like the idea of planning to accommodate the upcoming changes (climate, geopolitical, behavioral, etc) with defense-in-depth approaches. That is, reliability engineering aiming to put a backstop behind as much of modern civilization as possible.
- robomartin 5y agoI don't have a list of what we could and should do. If I had to guess I think my top priority would be energy generation. It is clear that anything we might do will require lots more energy than we generate today. True global leadership would find ways to communicate understanding of what we are facing and seek to unite humanity behind the common goal of survival. Imagine if people got the same sense of survival that this pandemic created around the globe. Coming generations are clearly in for some challenges. We are not going to fix anything in the next 50 to 100 years. This is tough. Humanity does not do well with the idea of making decisions or sacrificing for the benefit of those who might come two or three generations after us. Imagine the world making changes that will be absolutely meaningless to us and likely several generations after us. It's hard to imagine humanity uniting behind such objectives. This is where my analysis results in a shrug. I truly don't have an idea of how we go from the current insanity between deniers and those who are pushing the idea that we can fix this a thousand times faster than if we left the planet, and the concept of "We can't fix it. Let's unite to ensure future generations can survive it". No clue.