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Sep 27, 2014, 02:52 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,104
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Originally Posted by Zwangsstörung
What do you think the future will be like?
Technology, finance, culture, the planet, space travel, and more... what do you think it will be like?
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Zwangsstorung, have you ever read anything by Robert Heinlein? His story line talked about the "crazy years" when humanity darned near destroyed itself. Later in his story line humanity pulled itself back from the brink. Toward the end of his life he said that our current era is the "crazy years." I believe he was right. I also chose to believe that we will pull ourselves back from destroying the planet and ourselves.
I might be totally off base, but believing it will eventually get better is what helps me get out of bed in the morning and face the world. Yes, in many ways the world is going to *heck* in a handbasket. At the same time there is plenty of good in the world. I believe the next couple of decades are going to be rough, but I also believe that eventually we will get it right.
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