The future is in your hands... — Philosophy

Agilist

19 years ago

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I think that in the future there will be a small Armageddon, which people, although with great losses, will survive, and then... http://pulya.net/2006/12/02/konec_sveta_ne_prosto_blizok__on_uzhe_nachalsya.html

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Nowizard

19 years ago

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Silvanis;80438

People have been saying that throughout the ages. I recently read "The Tale of the Heike" – a medieval Japanese book – and I was just laughing: every two pages, there's some variation on the theme of "even though the end of the world is near, such disrespect towards elders/the emperor/etc. cannot be tolerated"...
And I'm not even talking about medieval Europeans, who expected the end of the world any day now.
But the world is still here! And it seems to be doing pretty well:), and for now – it's getting better and better (if you don't believe me, just imagine what life was like eight hundred years ago – with rampant superstition, incredibly high mortality rates, constant epidemics and famine, cruelty being the norm, a fantastic lack of fresh information and the unimaginable boredom that resulted – brr!!!:mad:).
So, humanity will probably live for many, many more years...:)

Although, in reality, who knows!

And in another five hundred years, people will read our versions of the end of the world and laugh.
I also believe that the world will exist for a very, very long time. I won't explain why here, otherwise it will become off-topic.

Ganymed

19 years ago

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The paradox is that we essentially don't know how people lived in the past and how they will live in the future. Despite the abundance of information, there is very little truth in it. And what can we say when even modern events are surrounded by rumors, and we cannot objectively assess them, but only adhere to the points of view that we personally like. However, one thing can be said with greater certainty: humanity is relentlessly exploiting the Earth's resources, which is already visibly affecting the Earth's climate balance. And what will happen next, if, in my lifetime, there were still stable winters from November to February (yes, there were!), and now there is a complete natural imbalance with huge fluctuations in pressure and other "delights"? I think the biggest "surprises" are yet to come. In general, all this reminds me of Pushkin's "Feast During the Plague." "As we barricade ourselves from the mischievous Winter,
Let us also barricade ourselves from the Plague!
Let us light the fires, fill the glasses,
Let us merrily drown our sorrows
And, having prepared feasts and balls,
Let us glorify the kingdom of the Plague." The classic, it seems, was looking far into the future

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Смок

19 years ago

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If no one "caws," then maybe everything will be alright...

"...But I believe in legends
And that I will have a happy ending too..."
Seryoga, a piece of fate.

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Nowizard

19 years ago

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Smok;80481

If no one "crows," then maybe everything will be alright...

"...But I believe in legends
And that with a happy ending, it will be for me too..."
Sergei, a piece of fate.

There is some truth in your words :) You are right, instead of sitting around and crying "we are all going to die," it is better to think about how to make the world a better place, and even better - to DO it! :)

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Ganymed

19 years ago

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Smok;80481

If no one "caws," then maybe everything will be alright...

Ravens caw, and a person looks and sees, or imagines, what they want to see. However, I agree – it's better to try to live and remain human than to sit and whine.

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Смок

19 years ago

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Ganymed;80503

If no one "caws," then maybe everything will be alright...

Ravens caw, and a person looks and sees, or imagines, what they want to see. However, I agree – rather than sit and whine, it's better to try to live and remain human.

If you didn't notice or understand, I used "caw" in a figurative sense...

Sorry for the off-topic.

Ganymed

19 years ago

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I understand, but the expression "cawing" comes from the situation where a crow caws "in unison," and this is perceived as an ill omen. If you want to get technical, it's not me who's "cawing," but Jesus, whose words I quoted above in the context of our time, and, in general, all the prophets, including the author of Revelation (Apocalypse) – John the Theologian – are also, in a way, "cawing."
All I wanted to say in my posts is that the topic of the future, discussed here, is much more serious than just enthusiastic and optimistic messages, like "everything is okay," "we'll get through it," and so on. Modern humanity lives both literally and figuratively on a volcano, so, in my opinion, to say something sensible about this topic, it is necessary to have knowledge of all sorts of "cawings" as well as an objective understanding of the situation in the world, in order to compare and understand that "everything is much later than it seems," as the American Orthodox hieromonk Seraphim Rose (died in 1982) put it.
In my opinion, it is better to understand everything but try to LIVE in that train rushing into the abyss (the film "The Train of Runaways" by Andrei Konchalovsky) than to remain in blissful ignorance and paint the world with naive illusions.

SandroXXL

19 years ago

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Yessssssssssssssssssssss!
Well, if anyone makes it to the year 3000, say hello to the K'tharr. And remember, the cheapest minerals are on Gordius Prime.

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Amko

19 years ago

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Our world will be destroyed by the Zerglings, and only the Protoss can stop them! :smile13: :D And now, a little more seriously:

SandroXXL

Yeah! Well, if anyone lives to see the year 3000, say hello to the Kil'jaeden. And remember, the cheapest minerals are on Gordius Prime.

Who knows... maybe humans will discover the secret of eternal life... :rolleyes:

SandroXXL

19 years ago

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Nothing lasts forever (at least, that’s what I believe); everything eventually ends or becomes obsolete. Yes, there have been many theories about the end of the world at different times. I especially laughed at the news about the global crisis, how all computers would crash when 2000 arrived, but the computers… just switched to the year 2000! How dare they? Why didn’t they explode and send us back a few centuries? And they also promised us the Antichrist, but have you seen Trisha? If a guest from hell comes to visit us, we’ll be living in a fantasy world! :)

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MoonBoy

19 years ago

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Holy_Paladin;76365

It seems to me that the path of humanity, as a species, is coming to an end. It's noticeable...

I don't want a future; I want the present to end as soon as possible.

And in general, the future, as I see it, is an industrial nightmare of concrete and glass. And I'm currently living in it.

Saruman

19 years ago

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Actually, I think the future will be an industrial nightmare made of concrete and glass. And that's the kind of world I'm living in right now.

Not necessarily, not necessarily. There are still some nice places on Earth, and in many cities, the air is still quite breathable, although a lot depends on perception and one's outlook on life...

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