I don’t think humanity is doomed. Humans are, and life in general is, pretty damn resilient. Even the worst predictions for climate change won’t wipe everyone and everything out, but it will change things.
Modern society is what’s doomed. There are going to be some hard fucking times ahead, and whatever rises from the ashes won’t look anything like today. But something will rise from the ashes, that’s pretty much guaranteed.
In 250 years, there will still be grass on the ground and clouds in the sky. Ducks will still land in any body of water they find and do duck things. Ants will still build nests. There will still be fish in the rivers and oceans. There will still be rodents scurrying around who are preyed upon by birds who will still by flying in the sky. And yes, there will still be humans.
We will lose some species. A lot of species. We will lose some people. A lot of people. Cities will crumble, countries will burn, wars will be fought, and once pristine landscapes will be turned to wastelands. But this will not be the final chapter for humanity, and certainly not for life itself. What comes next depends on what knowledge we are able to preserve for future generations, and their ability to access it.
It sounds like you agree with them but are using a different definition of “doomed”. Doom means “death, destruction, or any very bad situation that cannot be avoided” (Cambridge English Dictionary) and not “completely erased from the face of the Earth”. What you described seems to match the dictionary definition of doom exactly.
I’m a long term optimist, short term pessimist. I honestly believe that one day, humanity will come together and expand to the stars. We are the best and only hope that life on this planet has.
But I also know I will never live to see that day. Not even close. Every sign points to looming disaster that will rock us to our core. It’s highly possible we fall back to almost pre-industrial levels of technology within 5 generations, if not worse and for longer. It will be the biggest dark age our society has ever seen.
But here’s the thing about human society, it has been around for a stupidly short time. Barely over 10,000 years. On nearly every scale that matters, that’s a blink. We will bounce back. It could take 200 years, or 2000 years, or even 20000 years; but we as a species will survive. What is important now is preserving knowledge before the collapse. The more we can save and preserve for future generations, the more our future societies will benefit and the faster they can recover.
Thats why I say that I don’t believe humanity is doomed. It’s not about the definition of “doomed”, it’s about the definition of “humanity” and how long of a time frame you consider.
I don’t think humanity is doomed. Humans are, and life in general is, pretty damn resilient. Even the worst predictions for climate change won’t wipe everyone and everything out, but it will change things.
Modern society is what’s doomed. There are going to be some hard fucking times ahead, and whatever rises from the ashes won’t look anything like today. But something will rise from the ashes, that’s pretty much guaranteed.
In 250 years, there will still be grass on the ground and clouds in the sky. Ducks will still land in any body of water they find and do duck things. Ants will still build nests. There will still be fish in the rivers and oceans. There will still be rodents scurrying around who are preyed upon by birds who will still by flying in the sky. And yes, there will still be humans.
We will lose some species. A lot of species. We will lose some people. A lot of people. Cities will crumble, countries will burn, wars will be fought, and once pristine landscapes will be turned to wastelands. But this will not be the final chapter for humanity, and certainly not for life itself. What comes next depends on what knowledge we are able to preserve for future generations, and their ability to access it.
It sounds like you agree with them but are using a different definition of “doomed”. Doom means “death, destruction, or any very bad situation that cannot be avoided” (Cambridge English Dictionary) and not “completely erased from the face of the Earth”. What you described seems to match the dictionary definition of doom exactly.
I’m a long term optimist, short term pessimist. I honestly believe that one day, humanity will come together and expand to the stars. We are the best and only hope that life on this planet has.
But I also know I will never live to see that day. Not even close. Every sign points to looming disaster that will rock us to our core. It’s highly possible we fall back to almost pre-industrial levels of technology within 5 generations, if not worse and for longer. It will be the biggest dark age our society has ever seen.
But here’s the thing about human society, it has been around for a stupidly short time. Barely over 10,000 years. On nearly every scale that matters, that’s a blink. We will bounce back. It could take 200 years, or 2000 years, or even 20000 years; but we as a species will survive. What is important now is preserving knowledge before the collapse. The more we can save and preserve for future generations, the more our future societies will benefit and the faster they can recover.
Thats why I say that I don’t believe humanity is doomed. It’s not about the definition of “doomed”, it’s about the definition of “humanity” and how long of a time frame you consider.