hpeer wrote:


Our "finite ecosystem" is virtually irrelevant, not to mention false,
because mankind's creativity is infinite, and fortunately (no matter
how many people are blind to it) mankind will continue to create new
ideas to make our lives and our environment better and better for
everyone.

Stephen

Steve,

I wasn't going to respond, I suspect that our world views are just far
to divergent to engage in a meaningful dialog. However, serendipitously
(being something of a Geek myself I love it when spell check lets me use
really big words) I came across the following. I offer this not to
insult or diminish you, but just because it was in my face. BTW I
freely admit to being a "doomer."

Panglossian Disorder: "The neurotic tendency toward extreme optimism in
the face of likely cultural and planetary collapse."

I have spoken elsewhere about the label "Doomer," and I've come to
believe that this frame is outdated. Instead, I would like to suggest
that we must stop asking ourselves, given the lateness of the hour, why
there are those pessimistic about the future, and begin asking, instead,
why there are those still blindly and enthusiastically optimistic about
it. We can easily see why those who might be gloomy about the future
could feel hopeless and take the path of inactivity. On the other hand,
this same fear of disaster can motivate constructive action in an
attempt to mitigate the effects. Not so, however, for those who see no
NEED to take action, because they live in the best of all possible
worlds. Indeed, I might argue that it is the very blind hopefulness and
inaction of the masses that leads many of my readers to assume a more
hopeless posture toward world events.

Full text:
http://www.energybulletin.net/37091.html

There is a very simple and clear reason for being optimistic about the
future. Throughout the history of mankind we have continuously been
coming up with new ideas to better the well being of mankind. There are
less innocent people being killed, tortured, abused, starved, etc, etc
than ever before thanks to better morality and better technology than
ever before. This improvement has continued through all of recorded
history and shows no sign of stopping now.

Perhaps you should ask yourself what condition makes you blind to this?

Stephen