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winofiend
World war is inevitable, no matter what number you attribute to it.
And we will reach a point where the population will most likely become unstable and we will witness massive sustainability problems, and while we will throw technology at it, it will only be maintennance. People will die. People ARE dieing now due to poverty and trying to live in areas that simply are not sustainable without technology to support it.
War and poverty are inevitable. Eventually it will return to a state of temporary equilibrium until things become comfortable once more and then the entire process starts again.
We're a blip on the radar. A spec in the timeline of everything. It's really ignorant of us to assume that this is how it will be forever and ever, a world without end, amen...
In a way we are the lucky ones. But then, I guess people living a thousand years ago could say the same as to them, they were the pinnacle of their time. In a thousand years time, despite all the problems that may be around, they too will assume they have got it as good as it can be.
We only see around us with such short vision. Everything else is history or future. No one realises that history is only as far away as yesterday and the future is only as far away as tomorrow.
Every day, each single day, connects us to the dinosaurs and the time when we live on mars... there is no leap of reality. Just one day at a time.
War will certainly come. the world will see more atrocity than it has ever. and it will be normal to those witnessing it because to them, it was always going to be that way.
hounddoghowlie
why don't you step forward and get the ball rolling, reducing the worlds population.
that's one of the problems with those who say reduce the population, they are not willing to volunteer to reach the goal. if everyone that said such would step forward, we'd have a pretty good start.
ETA: action speaks louder than words.edit on 29-10-2013 by hounddoghowlie because: (no reason given)
ManFromEurope
Yay, another transhumanist!
Have you read Dan Brown's new book?
In other news: I wouldn't like it (to say the least) if my family which I love more than anything in the world would die from the plague newly constructed by some insane scientist who believes "he does the world a favor"!
Do yourself a favor, dear insane scientist, and release us from your presence - before dropping the virus. Kthxbye!
KrzYma
hounddoghowlie
why don't you step forward and get the ball rolling, reducing the worlds population.
that's one of the problems with those who say reduce the population, they are not willing to volunteer to reach the goal. if everyone that said such would step forward, we'd have a pretty good start.
ETA: action speaks louder than words.edit on 29-10-2013 by hounddoghowlie because: (no reason given)
actually I DO !!
I pay tax money, my government is using to fight wars and kill people.
I buy things that are produced on humans blood, like cellphone, TVs, clothing produced in Bangladesh or China.
I drive a car that runs on petroleum...
just to mention a few things I do
AND... from my 4 grand parents, over my parents, I'm the only one who lives, and no, I will not have kids.
how are you helping on this overpopulation/over-consumption?
Current UN projections show a continued increase in population in the near future (but a steady decline in the population growth rate), with the global population expected to reach between 8.3 and 10.9 billion by 2050.[10][11] UN Population Division estimates for the year 2150 range between 3.2 and 24.8 billion;[12] mathematical modeling supports the lower estimate.[13]
World Population
Using linear interpolation and extrapolation of UNDESA population estimates, the world population has doubled, or will double, in the following years (with two different starting points). Note how, during the 2nd millennium, each doubling took roughly half as long as the previous doubling, fitting the hyperbolic growth model mentioned above. However, after 2025 it is unlikely that there will be another doubling of the global population in the 21st century.[117]
During the 20th century, the global population saw its greatest increase in known history, rising from about 1.6 billion in 1900 to over 6 billion in 2000. This increase was due to a number of factors, including the lessening of the mortality rate in many countries by improved sanitation and medical advances, and a massive increase in agricultural productivity attributed to the Green Revolution.[95][96][97]
in my time here on the big blue planet, i've seen two types. one says get rid of all the useless eaters, so me and my kids can have it all. provided off the backs of the ones left that we exploit. then there's the ones, who are to ugly inside and out, and can't get and keep a man/ woman, but are not willing to check out on their own. these are the ones who try to live forever, and are usually more selfish than the latter.
with that being said, why not lead by example, and stop being part of the population/ consumption problem that you seem to be worried about for the rest of the world, and check out. just think there would less overpopulation/over-consumption in the word if you would just volunteer to be one of the leaders and it would be a great start to solving this dilemma. hell if you have friends or family, that feel the same way ask them... no demand them to join you in this endeavor, and leave this world, so it will become a better place for those of us that wish to remain.
Current UN projections show a continued increase in population in the near future (but a steady decline in the population growth rate), with the global population expected to reach between 8.3 and 10.9 billion by 2050.[10][11] UN Population Division estimates for the year 2150 range between 3.2 and 24.8 billion;[12] mathematical modeling supports the lower estimate.[13] Some analysts have questioned the sustainability of further world population growth, highlighting the growing pressures on the environment, global food supplies, and energy resources.[14][15][16]
Using linear interpolation and extrapolation of UNDESA population estimates, the world population has doubled, or will double, in the following years (with two different starting points). Note how, during the 2nd millennium, each doubling took roughly half as long as the previous doubling, fitting the hyperbolic growth model mentioned above. However, after 2025 it is unlikely that there will be another doubling of the global population in the 21st century.
During the 20th century, the global population saw its greatest increase in known history, rising from about 1.6 billion in 1900 to over 6 billion in 2000. This increase was due to a number of factors, including the lessening of the mortality rate in many countries by improved sanitation and medical advances, and a massive increase in agricultural productivity attributed to the Green Revolution.