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> but it’s the situation we have to deal with. We're not going to deal with it. We're going to continue partying for another 200 years. Then we're all going to
by ohazi 5y ago
> but it’s the situation we have to deal with.
We're not going to deal with it. We're going to continue partying for another 200 years. Then we're all going to get woozy and stupid. Then the population will crater. I don't think humanity will go away entirely, but I don't see a reason to be optimistic about the next 500 or 1000 years. This is the peak.
- jjulius 5y agoSlightly off-topic, slightly tangentially related; you may enjoy Kae Tempest's "The Book of Traps and Lessons".
- Loveaway 5y agoHow do you know? Humans are probably the most adaptable species on the planet. Not many tropical animals are able to survive in Antartica for example. Maybe we'll get fusion and AI rolling, and we have more energy then we possibly dream of, can de-carbonate the atmosphere and so on. The way I see it it's gonna be all about energy. There are absolutely insane amounts of it everywhere, and all our power generation is like nothing compared to what's going on at planetary, cosmic scales. The question is are gonna be able to tap into it, and make use of it? If so, all our problems will seem silly, but for that to happen we need to keep up the innovation, keep up improving technology, keep the economy running and don't fall into the trap of regressing into a dark age. If we just shut down everything and go back into the woods, we're definitely gonna be at the whim of whatever is going to happen and there will be nothing we can do about it.
- fallingfrog 5y agoI agree. There’s no going back, only forward. We need alternative sources of energy.