Are we on a path to self destruction?

Stephen Hawking posed a very interesting question recently on Yahoo Answers… by asking how the human race will survive the next 100 years given the current mix of political and enviromental issues that affect us all.

I believe the answer to that question is something of a paradox…

Survival of the species… is the only possible answer… we are not mature enough to find another way.

The potential for the human race to be wiped out by a natural event which affects every person on the planet is our only hope for survival… perhaps an asteroid, something the size of manhattan or there about. 

This ‘opportunity’ would place our existence and petty squabbling into perspective, reinforce just how vulnerable we actually are to forces outisde of our control, and provide us with an opportunity (however much we dislike each other) to drop our guard, our pre-conceived ideas, and work together in an effort to preserve our species and this small planet we ALL call home….

The  alternative is that we carry on along this path of self destruction until we reach a critical mass from which there is no return.

On a number of occasions I have witnessed first hand, how quickly and absolutely the very thin veneer of civility evaporates when order breaks down. It only serves to remind me how very low down the evolutionary ladder we still are.

Whats your opinion…?  RB 

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