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From User: Decius

Current Topic: Futurism

TIME.com: The Road Ahead -- Oct. 24, 2005 -- Page 1
Topic: Futurism 1:24 pm EDT, Oct 18, 2005

Tim O'Reilly, Malcolm Gladwell, Clay Shirky, Mark Dery, Esther Dyson, David Brooks, and Moby.

There is not an easy way to sum up this interview. This is my best attempt:

The world is flat, but planes still fly in arcs, and golf scores are staying the same. We think the center is bigger than it appears. We are optimistic. It's all one big evolving intelligent grand design. Breakfast is rad.

TIME.com: The Road Ahead -- Oct. 24, 2005 -- Page 1


Grim Pentagon Climate Change Scenario
Topic: Futurism 5:40 am EST, Feb 23, 2004

As the planet's carrying capacity shrinks, an ancient pattern reemerges: the eruption of desperate, all-out wars over food, water, and energy supplies.

As Harvard archeologist Steven LeBlanc has noted, wars over resources were the norm until about three centuries ago. When such conflicts broke out, 25% of a population's adult males usually died.

As abrupt climate change hits home, warfare may again come to define human life.

Grim Pentagon Climate Change Scenario


 
 
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