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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by robertfw on Thursday May 22, 2014 @03:48AM (#7782619)
> Anyone with a working brain can realize for all the shit we are in now, barring a world shattering catastrophe we are better now than 50 or 100 or 500 or 2000 years ago. And same can be generally said of things 50,100,500 or 2000 years ago.

While I desperately want to believe that - after all, there are so many indicators that show how far we have come - I fear that our future will not be dictated by a linear progression of our past. Golden eras do end.

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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by Ygg2 on Thursday May 22, 2014 @04:01AM (#7782655)
Things can take a turn for the worse, but it world will recover for it. Sooner or later.

I think climate change is our biggest threat, bigger than NSA, Russia dick waving and War on * combined. The longer we ignore it or pretend its not our fault the longer will it take for us/world to recover.

EDIT: By us I don't necessarily think humanity, but the environment overall. I hope humanity will survive, but I'm not deluding myself.

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