Is there any reason for humanity to be optimistic at all?

[Foulmouth]

Re: Is there any reason for humanity to be optimistic at all

Shit Yes !!! This time in history is the best ever to be alive in terms of food,housing,water,energy,entertainment,-damn near everything really.
I figure a lot of the gloom comes from the media (who sell doom&gloom). I'm fairly old and in my life I've seen it go global warming, ozone layer, acid rain, nuclear accidents, nuclear war, global starvation,
and you know, every one of these has turned out to be blown out of proportion scaremongering bullshit !
As long as your lucky enough to be born outside the third world you're doing good.
Pardon my rant , pet hate of mine.

 

[Holdek]

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Just that, America is full of unrest, shit is still going on within the Middle East etc. the government spies on us to "keep us safe", and everyday in my class someone brings up how bad everyone's financial shit is. Is there any reason, at all, for anyone to be optimistic, about the future of the world? or are we all just screwed?

To paraphrase Penn Jillette, on the long scale of things, it's always the best it's ever been, and people always think it's the worst it's ever been.

 

[Wall of Originals]

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More and more gay and lesbian couples are able to marry in the United States and English Parliament has moved forward with marriage equality. As a woman, I am able to vote, something my ancestors couldn't do 4 generations ago. I am faithful in the human race, we have come so far in such a short time.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

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The best part of the human race is that it will eventually go extinct.

 

[Niachu]

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The best part of the human race is that it will eventually go extinct.

Why?

 

[Holdek]

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The best part of the human race is that it will eventually go extinct.

It might, but it probably won't.

 

[c-no]

Re: Is there any reason for humanity to be optimistic at all

The best part of the human race is that it will eventually go extinct.

It might, but it probably won't.

That would probably be the case. As much as we tear each other apart either in the name of nation, God, or some other reason, we also help each other either as well.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

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Oh, we're all going to die eventually, as a race. Maybe because of plague, or meteors, or war, or we evolve into something else, but eventually the sun's going to expand into a red giant and then it's bye, Earth. And if that doesn't wipe us out, the eventual heat death of the universe certainly will.

As for our current affairs . . . well, sorry, I'm a pessimist. We talk about how far medicine has come, but how many people don't receive life-saving treatments because they can't afford it? This is a world were slavery and genocide are everyday concerns in many parts of the world. In the 10, 000 years that humanity has walked the Earth, concepts like suffrage, racial and gender equality, and access to education have emerged as inalienable rights in only the last 250. We've come far, that's true; but too many people have suffered and died for selfish reasons for me to consider us an "enlightened" race.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

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Oh, we're all going to die eventually, as a race. Maybe because of plague, or meteors, or war, or we evolve into something else, but eventually the sun's going to expand into a red giant and then it's bye, Earth. And if that doesn't wipe us out, the eventual heat death of the universe certainly will.

Don't you worry about that, brother. You are forgetting that Hulkamania is the most powerful force in the universe, man. As long as there are Hulkamaniacs training, saying their prayers and eating their vitamins, man, you got nothing to worry about.

 

[QI 541]

Re: Is there any reason for humanity to be optimistic at all

Oh, we're all going to die eventually, as a race. Maybe because of plague, or meteors, or war, or we evolve into something else, but eventually the sun's going to expand into a red giant and then it's bye, Earth. And if that doesn't wipe us out, the eventual heat death of the universe certainly will.

I vote on war, if only because of the huge arsenal of nukes that currently exist and the amount of crazy people in the world.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

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I remember reading that Earth is past due for a mass extintion event. My money's on asteroid strike or super volcano.

 

[Holdek]

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I remember reading that Earth is past due for a mass extintion event. My money's on asteroid strike or super volcano.

It's possible, but the probability is extremely small.

 

[Smokedaddy]

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I remember reading that Earth is past due for a mass extintion event. My money's on asteroid strike or super volcano.

It's possible, but the probability is extremely small.

When Yellowstone blows, I'm going to be sitting the back porch of my fortified compound in Jackson, sipping a cold one and watching the fireworks.

 

[Holdek]

Re: Is there any reason for humanity to be optimistic at all

I remember reading that Earth is past due for a mass extintion event. My money's on asteroid strike or super volcano.

It's possible, but the probability is extremely small.

When Yellowstone blows, I'm going to be sitting the back porch of my fortified compound in Jackson, sipping a cold one and watching the fireworks.

Is the back porch fortified?

 

[Dork Of Ages]

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Jesus, people. Of course there's a reason for humanity to be opmistic. We can laugh at Chris!

To be serious though, I don't really mind if humanity finds a stupid reason to explode everything sky high or Emanuel God give us the Final Middle Finger. It's more probably that shit will likely happen after we're dead. So I always keep a positive outlook on my current life and try to improve it in any way or method possible. Because, as the popular saying goes, You Only Live Once. So I always long to experience new stuff, because that's one beauty of human nature. Experience.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

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You know, today I was having a rotten day. But I went out to the store, and when I got home, I found my three-year-old daughter pretending to give her baby doll a bottle and humming a lullaby.

. . . and maybe, for just a little while, humanity can look just a little brighter.

 

[Anonimo]

I've been worried about the future of the human race...when I hear about x cities will be underwater in about 100 years, I dread the thought of never being able to show my children or grandchildren certain parts of the world. I also dread thousands of years of culture going up in smoke. I'd be able to sleep better at night if I knew that part of our culture will be preserved should we ever leave Earth. I like the idea of seeing a new Globe Theatre, Guggenheim, Library of Congress, etc. being built in whatever part of our universe we end up in to ensure that at least some of our art and literature will be preserved. On one hand, I like the idea of traveling to a new world ala the Kryptonians or Starfleet, but if we end up colonizing new worlds, I worry that history will repeat itself, but then we'd all be dead before any of that happens I imagine.

I've read about methods scientists have thought up to cut carbon emissions, but I figure the governments are more concerned with one-upping each other and getting elected for the sake of status rather than actual contributions. Then there's the issue of money. We need those cocaine laced greenbacks love it or hate it, and I feel like they are one of the things that can impede society in some ways. This brings me back to my bit about colonizing other planets, in that only the rich will probably be able to go while most of us are just left to die.

Then I look to myself. Even if I could go green, I'm just one man. I'm not a scientist, and I wasn't very good at science in school. Is it selfish that I want to follow my dream of working in stage or film, industries which are practically predicated on environmental destruction? I like trains and railroading, and those aren't any better. I'm not a scientist, and I feel like I would just be someone with good intentions who became corrupted if I went into politics. Should I throw myself into a field I'm not good at in the hopes that I may get better, or should I follow my own path? Listening to the words of gloom and doom environmentalists, whether they practice what they preach or not, it just leaves me depressed at the end of the day like I am now...I only have one life, so which do I choose?

 

[Hróðvitnisson]

In reply to the titular question - no.

 

[Niachu]

In reply to the titular question - no.

Why?

 

[The Knife's Husbando]

Whenever I'm feeling down about the universe- in tota- I watch & listen to this:

This gives me hope. For us all. If the myriad people of the world can join together in the simple act of dancing together in happiness, then their is something worth fighting for in this life, after all.