Ignore if you are in a happy mood!
When you look at the present state of the world, it's so so horrible, Conditions of the middle east, mass surveillance, climate conditions, failing democracies, it's all a mess... i just don't find hope anywhere.. we have done it all wrong.. and there's no one fixing it..
@zevahs what are you ideas?
Speciation is transient. Eukaryotic DNA is a database of junk, most of it from previous species in our evolutionary path. If one species is prolific, at some stage it will be in population overshoot and it’s very natural what happens next. Don’t forget the environment naturally selected for, and invented sonar, flight, eyesight, opposable thumbs, intelligence. Providing we don’t wipe out eukaryotes, everything is going to be ok.
I agree there's a lot to worry about, you mentioned the major points. There is also the economy:
- grow has dropped to very low levels, and has not recovered even with the ridiculously low interest rates now in place for over 10 years.
- there will be economic impacts from climate change. Crops not growing as well, soils drying, stronger storms than in the past on average.
- energy, the petroleum we have is a finite resource and unclear when demand for it will be reduced by alternative transportation, electric vehicles, etc.
Worrisome times to live in.
The use of computing to monitor the population and influence elections and public opinion is disheartening.
