What are the main challenges facing the human race and the planet?

The History Channel aired an interesting show called The Prophets of Doom. In a nutshell, 6 pretty smart people sat in a circle and discussed what they believed were the major problems facing our civilization. Here are the big ones…

• Global economic collapse
• Global warming
• Overpopulation
• The availability of clean water
• Nuclear terrorism
• Peak oil production and the scarcity of petroleum products
• The development and evolution of hyper intelligent malevolent machines

At the heart of the problems is the fact that the fundamental assumptions that we have been operating under during the last century are simple no longer viable. The assumption of infinite growth simply cannot be sustained, and the model of centralization as a mechanism for growth has outlived its usefulness. The solution may very well be to decentralize things like power production, water purification, and food production.

Watch for continuing posts on what you can do to make your world better by avoiding the cognitive dissonance that most people experience about these topics, facing them head on, and finding out how to enjoy your world.

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