| the-pi-guy said: To answer the question. I see two paths, that are at complete opposites. We're struggling a lot with sustainability. We're seeing ecosystems disappear. I think there's a lot of room for a not so rosy future. Right now in particular it feels like a lot of economic spaces are pushing back. It's harder to get a home. A lot of luxury items are getting more expensive. Wealth is being consolidated in the hands of extremely few. But I'm also optimistic, that when the chips are down, people will do whatever it takes to do the right thing. I think for better and for worse, humans are capable of incredible things. And it frequently feels like we oscillate between things getting better and getting worse, and right now I am hoping we are in the getting worse phase, before we get to the better phase. |
Every 80 to 90 years indeed. I think there is truth to the Strauss-Howe generational theory and we are in what they call the fourth turning, we get through this "Winter" and there will be spring on the other side. A golden time akin to that of the boom after WW2. ...it's just we have to face a likely disaster in the mean time and the stakes are higher than they've ever been. The whole planet is at risk as well as us.
