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I think that a big problem with modern societies is their disregard for the future. You see this disregard for the future in many forms. Here in the USA you see it in the form of lack of planing for the future and in the predominant attitude of Americans which boils down to get what you can while the gettin is good and xxxx the consequences. There is no systemic mechanism for valuing the future in the government thus politicians only care about the here and now and not about the future. In other parts of the world the future is disregarded because of other things like ignorance, bad management, religious bs, foreign manipulation..Here is a good example of what such disregard can lead to http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/..._to_egypt.html
Any good parent wants a good future for his/her children yet the future for our children is looking darker with every passing year. When you look at most economic charts you will see that GDP per capita has grown over time and based on this alone many conclude that life is better now then it was before and that it will keep getting better just like it has been doing..this is all a fraud and a tool to keep people thinking that all is well so they do not demand much needed changes. Technology is repeatedly hailed as our savior but in reality it has dark sides which very few ever talk about. Technology has created drought, disease, insect resistant crops but it has also destroyed far more jobs then it has created. Our growing reliance on technology insures future unemployment for us and our children but who is seriously talking about this issue today? There are many threats to the future of our children and the human race yet hardly any of these threats is taken seriously let alone addressed. Global warming is a huge threat but perhaps the biggest threat is ignorance. The people who govern and rule countries are often puppets serving much more powerful masters and these masters only care about staying masters and are effectively misleading societies via control of media and other sources of information. The only thing about the future they care about is making sure that they stay on top. The un/miseducated-illinformed masses never even see the real problems they and their children will be facing until these problems are upon them. Societies stumble from one catastrophe to another never realizing why these things happen thus never being able to prevent them from happening again. I hope this thread will get us talking about this subject which has become almost a taboo to discuss in many parts of the world.
Any good parent wants a good future for his/her children yet the future for our children is looking darker with every passing year. When you look at most economic charts you will see that GDP per capita has grown over time and based on this alone many conclude that life is better now then it was before and that it will keep getting better just like it has been doing..this is all a fraud and a tool to keep people thinking that all is well so they do not demand much needed changes. Technology is repeatedly hailed as our savior but in reality it has dark sides which very few ever talk about. Technology has created drought, disease, insect resistant crops but it has also destroyed far more jobs then it has created. Our growing reliance on technology insures future unemployment for us and our children but who is seriously talking about this issue today? There are many threats to the future of our children and the human race yet hardly any of these threats is taken seriously let alone addressed. Global warming is a huge threat but perhaps the biggest threat is ignorance. The people who govern and rule countries are often puppets serving much more powerful masters and these masters only care about staying masters and are effectively misleading societies via control of media and other sources of information. The only thing about the future they care about is making sure that they stay on top. The un/miseducated-illinformed masses never even see the real problems they and their children will be facing until these problems are upon them. Societies stumble from one catastrophe to another never realizing why these things happen thus never being able to prevent them from happening again. I hope this thread will get us talking about this subject which has become almost a taboo to discuss in many parts of the world.
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