Anyone (and there are many) who says that we're definitely screwed shouldn't be listened to, and those who say we'll definitely be fine are the same. No one knows. One thing he hasn't factored in is that technology is on that same sort of curve and is working in our favor.
Buckminster Fuller: "We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all, to feed everybody, clothe everybody, and give every human on Earth a chance. We know now what we could never have known before-that we now have the option for all humanity to make it successfully on this planet in this lifetime. Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment."
The first two clips are a prolonged throat-clearing from a guy who makes no effort to disguise that he is reading. Maybe eventually he recites an argument for us, meanwhile the visuals are a yawner.
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 22.2 ms ] threadBuckminster Fuller: "We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all, to feed everybody, clothe everybody, and give every human on Earth a chance. We know now what we could never have known before-that we now have the option for all humanity to make it successfully on this planet in this lifetime. Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment."
Unfortunately technology can't save us from our whole economy collapsing, were that to happen.