...and possibly the most depressing.
There's a show from AppleTV called "Extrapolations". It's 8 episodes that explore the possible future we are making by ignoring the obvious issue of climate change. I rarely post about this subject because I honestly don't have enough knowledge to argue or debate it effectively.
I'm on the side that believes we're doing a terrible job as stewards of the planet, but I'm not going to get all preachy here.
I just wanted to share this one quote, because it so eloquently sums up the real problem.
As they discuss a possible future where humans have digitized themselves and plan to physically incarnate into new bodies in a future where all the planet's problems have been solved, one of the characters points out:
"What makes you think that the world is going to get better? Human history is the story of one terrible catastrophe after another, most created by our own hopelessly incorrigible selfishness. Well, the problem with beaming into the future is that where ever we go, we'll have to take us with us."
Yep. The nagging worry that I have for the future isn't that humanity won't fix things. It's that we'll fix things and then find a whole new way to fuck it all up.
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