The End Of The World As We Know It...

Stop the world, I want to get off...

1) Overpopulation. From space we must look like an ant colony. Constantly growing, expanding. Using more natural resources up each decade. More people, more stuff. Does it take a genius to see that if the world does not control the entire population we are ultimately doomed? Everything from pollution, destruction of the ozone, melting of the polar ice caps, the shrinking Amazon rainforest, and growing landfills can all be traced back to us, the human race. China is about the only country with a working solution to control its population growth. While human rights might be an issue, population growth is a problem they understand. Until the world agrees to limit population growth in every country, we're in trouble deeeeeep.

2) DNA. We are born with a desire to fight each other. It's in the DNA. Do you really think the human race can put aside differences and all agree on a common goal and solution? Governments argue. Governments fight. Governments invade. People argue. People fight. People invade. Even within countries, people cannot get along for the common good. The hunt or be hunted philosophy lives strong in all of us. Where are we headed? Ponder this...Albert Einstein said...'I cannot tell you how World War III will be fought, but I can tell you how World War IV will be fought...with sticks and stones.' I think that pretty sums up where we are headed unless we get along with each other.

3) It's all about ME. Everything is in the moment. Everything is a rush. No time. Gotta get here, gotta go there, gotta get to work, gotta get home, gotta get dinner, gotta go to bed. In terms of real people...just how many are concerned with how things affect others. Very few I would guess. I do not mean to pick on the wealthy but if they spent half of their fortune on helping the poor, the malnourished, etc...would it not be a better world? What about actors? Most of these 'A' list actors get $20 million per picture. Why not donate half of that? I think Brad Pitt has done some good and even built houses for the Hurricane Katrina victims with some photo ops as well. I guess I should be grateful that he does anything since so many do not. I only wish they gave their cash to a cause and not a few hours time. I mean give millions, not thousands. Do a Bill Gates or Warren Buffet type of thing...leave it all to charity. Maybe they will...

4) No one is to blame. No one person is at fault...we all are. We all contribute to pollution. We all say that we do not want future generations paying our 'bills'. Ahhh...A little too late for that wouldn't ya say? Future generations will be forced to pay for our gluttony of mistakes. It cannot be avoided. Try talking to a neighbor about something minor. Imaging trying to get the world on board for something....nuclear arms reductions, population control, health care, etc. It's more of a dream now than ever before. Do you believe we can make it 200 more years?

5) Our smarts are killing us or the industrial revolution. When people migrated North from Africa and moved into the Northern European countries where food and shelter were scarce...over centuries of time...something clicked and the mother of invention blossomed. We could forge steel, build castles, farm land, etc. Imagine life in the year 1000...1500...1700...1800...1900...2008...look at the leaps in technology. Look at the last 100 years...cars, modern homes, buildings, cell phones, calculators, flying to the moon, and the internet. The leaps have been astounding. The period from say 1900 to 2008 has been incredible. At no previous time in history did we make the leaps we made in the past 108 years from a technology perspective. The only downside...population lives longer, more people, more everything, and the process of destruction escalates.

6) Stress. No question that stress cuts our lives short. Do more with less. Work longer hours. Stay competitive. Cut jobs. Downsize. Reorganize. Check that email. Depression. Anxiety. Imagine this...more people now and fewer jobs since we technically build everything with mass production. Use robots. Displace workers. Funny, when everyone is displaced...just who is buying your product? Families shortchanged. Many one parent households. Cancer strikes everywhere.

to be continued...