On Oct 18, 2017, at 2:02 AM, juan <juan.g71@gmail.com> wrote: can then easily happen is that the survivors will be the most corrupt and vicious members of the species. You know, natural selection...The people who have more resources, the people who control the system, are the ones who are more likely to survive.
This has always been my feeling TBH. The ultra wealthy who have wisely diversified holdings, and the ultra vicious thugs they employee, seem to be the natural winners in this kind of massive doomsday scenario (which I agree with Steve on - we've already reached the tipping point, and the extremely half hearted gestures being made are far too little far too late)... William Gibsons last book, The Peripheral, where he finally returned to a future SF, had an event called "the jackpot" that happened over a period of 30-40 years in the late 21st century which basically killed off 3/4 of humanity until the lower population combined with scientific advances got humanity going again.. I could see something like this happening. And the ultra wealthy were big winners in this scenario ;) Still, some optimism every now and then is nice.
The mega-State and massively concentrated wealth and power making anything like self rule or an even break impossible are on the way out.
Seems to me that the only way to get rid of wealth and power concentration is to start smashing cops heads. Natural disasters won't smash cops heads.
The last generation that will remember our present way of life as "normal" has already been born. If the humans manage to catch a few lucky breaks, a "better" world than our own fictional Good Old Days could arrive as early as 2200, and is likely to last FAR longer than the Industrial Age: The means of repeating the same mistakes will not exist.
:o)