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To me, our triumphs will likely never out weigh our failures. There are a small group of people in this world doing amazing things. However what is the point if
by chez17 18y ago
To me, our triumphs will likely never out weigh our failures. There are a small group of people in this world doing amazing things. However what is the point if we can't survive as a species? As technology improves, one day making something to destroy the world(bomb, nano-machine, virus, etc...) will be as easy and accessible as buying a toaster and if we haven't evolved mentally by then, none of our technology will mean anything. The world right now could be a vastly better place if people only cared a tiny bit more, but we have been so bought off by convenience that I don't think we ever will.
- weavejester 18y agoI'm inclined to be optimistic. Nature has been experimenting with viruses and self-replicating machines for a while now, and has yet to come up with a design that cannot be countered. Bombs are capable of causing mass destruction, but we're still a long way off from having a doomsday device as cheap as a toaster. I also suspect that, given a century or two, we'll have discovered ways of spreading the risk of catastrophic events. Perhaps by regularly downloading our consciousness and distributing backups across the solar system, perhaps even a few sent to neighbouring stars: "Alpha Centuri Backups - Just In Case Some Jackass Blows Up The Sun".