I wonder if our fossils will be around to tell our stories after all the black gold hot gold is boiled into the sky
I probably should not even think about this stuff yet but I do
there are polycrisis and they are hard to ignore
I'm fine but my concern is for my children + future generations
ai dna editing robots societal collapse group polarization war ecosystem collapse etc
are humans smart enough to live according to our needs and have the discipline to ignore our wants? yes but only in rare cases
not when there are people exploiting this weakness
stoicism teaches to work on things you can change and not concern yourself with things you cannot change, can we change this? yes although historicly collapse is not avoided
stoicism teaches to work on yourself not others
but everyones life is effected by a few psychopaths
and i think we can do something about it
so I am part of the problem according to george carlin who said
if you think there is a solution you are a part of the problem
and as sid said our solutions create more problems
needs vs wants
outer dark quote: fire in the winter water in the summer
you probably could eliminate fire if you only populate warm climates
living too far away from the equator is a waste and not necessary that is a want not a need
if we only took what we need form the ecosystem what would that look like?
eat sleep shit nothing else
books? or strictly verbal?
what is actually sustainable
very low population with cultivated high resources
a small population living where farming is easy
would have to be permaculture
probably has to be limited to the stone age
if it does not have a butthole or requires a mine it is not sustainable
dynamically complex systems
collapse "power corrupts"
top down arrogance empire
when people gain power arrogance takes them over
leaders become destructive
how to phrase the existential external predicaments that keep repeating history?
the empire is so arrogant it has gone blind to its suicidal greed that breaks these non reversible systems life depends on
arrogance creates blind spots and greed
tools: 60% power / army %40 money
control weapons money information food drugs
inflation
scarcity
misinformation and censorship
dna
robots
examples
there is a man that invests in coca cola
he is blind to the broadspread disease hfcs causes + addiction to caffiene
he also watches the weather channel because he invests in insurance "it is exciting"
intentionally blind to broad destruction to society
there are many more examples just listen to any of the greediest or
how to enjoy the end of the world
needs vs wants
what is actually sustainable
dynamically complex systems
examples