[Mind's Eye] Re: are we as a global society moving forward or backward?

we will survive as a race , but change seems to be on the horizon ,
will we make change for ourselves , or will it be forced apon us , if
you say that sounds too reminiscent of a personal matter , consider
again the unity of life as a single being , im made of millions of
cells that live , proform a function , and die , independently , while
each unknowingly works tward the same goal. are we ourselve so
different from ourselves ?

use of oil goes up so does population

oil dissapears w/out replacement so does population

leerevdouglas@googlemail.com wrote:
> The we disagree my dearest Omy!
>
> I was dwelling on this last night, and what I think is that as violent
> a species as we are if you are correct then the inevitable wars for
> resources will be fought, many people on all sides will die and thus
> the human population will be diminished.
>
> We are, in common with all other life on this planet, at the mercy of
> mother nature and her natural rules and laws. As such if compatition
> for resources becomes too much, the inevitable outcome is the thining
> of the heard. Nature has many ways of doing this war amongst our
> selves is only one tool.
>
> No mate looking long long term I think this planet will be sustaining
> human life and others for a bloody long time yet, well past my death
> and that of my great grand children. Heh and I intend to live for at
> least another 1000 years.
>
> Of course you realise that I attach no morality to my words here.
>
> On Apr 5, 9:48 pm, ornamentalmind <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Yes, it is common to ignore and/or 'miss' the trend. Of course there
> > is "much that is good in humanity and our advances". My commentary is
> > not intended to deny that. All that is being said is that for the
> > first era in human history we are destroying the planet's ability to
> > support life in many ways. This is all...and there is no special
> > 'privy' involved...all it takes is the willingness to research and
> > study it. It is clear and obvious to many today.
> >
> > On Apr 5, 8:13 am, "leerevdoug...@googlemail.com" <l...@rdfmedia.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Strange how people are I guess. I notice no such trend.  In fact I see
> > > much that is good in humanity and our advances, I simply do see any
> > > evidance that we are moving down a path of self annilhilation and I'm
> > > somewhat supprised of your doomsaying here OM.  Are you privy to some
> > > data that the rest of us are not perhaps?
> >
> > > On Apr 5, 6:10 am, ornamentalmind <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > Unless humanity recognizes the unity of all, our current path towards
> > > > self annihilation is unstoppable.
> >
> > > > On Apr 4, 6:55 pm, the taoist shaman <bryan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > now MAYBE   im a  LITTLE CRAZY             but       it seams  to
> > > > > me    that the direction we are hedding ( like a stream whose path is
> > > > > directed by the mountain  as it erodes the mountain , until its path
> > > > > is eched out , and not easily  broken away from ) is in the wrong
> > > > > direction , ... why ?........ the answer is as vast as the expance of
> > > > > the void of that which is unknown <------ see anyone can sound
> > > > > politician like -------
> >
> > > > > Ash wrote:
> > > > > > Not at all pessimistic Malcolm, I keep hearing depressing news about my old
> > > > > > highschool. Teachers overworked, theyve changed it from an alternative to an
> > > > > > urban school with higher student ratios. They teach using computers a lot
> > > > > > and the kids mostly slack off visiting facebook and youtube, there is a lot
> > > > > > less one-on-one contact and interaction based learning. To top it off all
> > > > > > this is because of no child left behind crap and teachers are so overworked
> > > > > > they are doing their best just to teach to the test and pass them along.
> > > > > > Someone will have to deal with it eventually while kids keep getting by on
> > > > > > as little as possible fundamental skills and perpetual remedial panaceas.
> > > > > > Not pessimist at all! They are destroying public education, and all the
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