We created it, we can kill it...
I just got this forwarded email from someone, some crap about NASA predicting the world ends in FEB 2019. Its not like the email was captivating enough to be believed, however some thoughts just popped into my mind:
If we knew for a FACT that in the near future (as near as 2019) the world will end, would we still live the tedious and demanding life that we do today?
Would parents spend tens of thousands of dollars on their child's college/further education?
Would kids/teens spend agonizing hours and sleepless nights studying for their degrees?
Would people still work at their jobs which give moderate pay and only 20 usable day-offs per annum?
This is just a predcition 12 years before the world ends. Imagine the scenario starting at about 2018.
Would thieves steal large flat-screen home theatre systems for themselves?
Would cops give a damn? Would elite anti-crime organisations still diligently search for top-notch underworld ganglords? Would you care about that report that needs to be submitted by monday? Would your superior be more or less harsh when you don't submit it?
Would things such as: Law, order, right to possess, education, further education, specialised doctorates, working for a living, seriousness of pre-marital sex, waiting till you're 21 to do things (mostly involving sin-products), and many others that hold this world together matter even slightly?
...and what about the last week before the date?
It is as if the comet would have already crashed. The chaos that would exist at that time would leave nothing for the comet to destroy. Riots, old grudges held, waiting no longer to seriously express yourself, rising quantity of "special victims"...
This world has evolved, systemized and developed in such a manner, that it doesn't need any commet or any worldwide pandemonium to end it. A mere shoving of a stick in the bicycle wheel is more than sufficient to break its momentum and bring the cycle and the cyclist crashing down to the ground!
This kind of makes me think that the systematic functioning, the immense and deep complication, the ultimate straightness of the road that is our world is required to be kept the way it is for its smooth flowing. And, it is us who keep all these factors in line. Hence, we as a whole are far more powerful than any meteor, thunderstorm, explosion or any natural disaster, because none of them will be able to create the damage that we are capable of.
If we knew for a FACT that in the near future (as near as 2019) the world will end, would we still live the tedious and demanding life that we do today?
Would parents spend tens of thousands of dollars on their child's college/further education?
Would kids/teens spend agonizing hours and sleepless nights studying for their degrees?
Would people still work at their jobs which give moderate pay and only 20 usable day-offs per annum?
This is just a predcition 12 years before the world ends. Imagine the scenario starting at about 2018.
Would thieves steal large flat-screen home theatre systems for themselves?
Would cops give a damn? Would elite anti-crime organisations still diligently search for top-notch underworld ganglords? Would you care about that report that needs to be submitted by monday? Would your superior be more or less harsh when you don't submit it?
Would things such as: Law, order, right to possess, education, further education, specialised doctorates, working for a living, seriousness of pre-marital sex, waiting till you're 21 to do things (mostly involving sin-products), and many others that hold this world together matter even slightly?
...and what about the last week before the date?
It is as if the comet would have already crashed. The chaos that would exist at that time would leave nothing for the comet to destroy. Riots, old grudges held, waiting no longer to seriously express yourself, rising quantity of "special victims"...
This world has evolved, systemized and developed in such a manner, that it doesn't need any commet or any worldwide pandemonium to end it. A mere shoving of a stick in the bicycle wheel is more than sufficient to break its momentum and bring the cycle and the cyclist crashing down to the ground!
This kind of makes me think that the systematic functioning, the immense and deep complication, the ultimate straightness of the road that is our world is required to be kept the way it is for its smooth flowing. And, it is us who keep all these factors in line. Hence, we as a whole are far more powerful than any meteor, thunderstorm, explosion or any natural disaster, because none of them will be able to create the damage that we are capable of.
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11:50 PM
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