Harvest: Do The Math

[Richard]

We can't destroy the planet. The technology to do that doesn't exist. Internet claims notwithstanding. Though we can foul our nest enough to make it uncomfortable to live in many places.

The planet has survived mega volcanoes and asteroids that whose energy release was greater than all the nukes in all the armories of the world. And still..life is found everywhere.

Humanity has reigned for less than a microsecond geologically speaking and we are so convinced of our own infallibility that we can predict the "end of the world" to a specific date. Even Ra can't do that. The only thing we can affect is our ability to thrive on this world. And even thats iffy.

If we are going to "change" the current system, we had better have many more successive lives of service. Cause it won't happen overnight...and its highly unlikely that its going to happen all at once in some sort of global awakening.

But if some sort of "awakening" does happen? Then what?...Well, we're all awake. And maybe we realize we've been screwed. But unless "awakening" bestows us with Godhood or some such powers, there are still mundane things that need to be done within structure of the current system like providing food, power, water, medicines etc...all of which rely on distribution systems already in place.

So, yeah..lets take on these problems and solve them in such a way that more ethical solutions are used. But do you really believe that humanity just waking up solves all the problems all at once? It going to take time and...many lifetimes or so I believe.

Or maybe the aliens will land and solve all our problems for us...sigh.

Richard