If we (humanity) is the disease what is the cure?

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

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No doubt humanity is a victim of our thoughts and actions; how do we isolate the disease? First, contain it to prevent new infection then eradicate from all mankind.
 

Uh, was being facetious, but now that you mention it, so what? Doesn't mean we can't learn a thing or two! ;)
 
Humanity is diseased by our actions. We destroy and discredit on a whim. How are our actions any different from a fatal virus? Perhaps the difference is our deliberate intention to do so. A virus does not contemplate the demise of its host, it feeds. Do you not believe wrongful behavior is a social dysfunction like a contagious disease? Humans are animalistic and capable of pre-meditated harm to others. We are capable of many things, some are dark.
 
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Humanity is rushing headlong to a "tipping point". A combination of Global Warming AND Overpopulation is going to create a crisis unlike anything we've ever seen.....quite possibly before this century is over. Presently about 10% of the global population lives in poverty, and that number is rising every year. Automation and robotics is replacing more human labor every year, and that, combined with unchecked birth rates is going to only widen the gap between the Have's and Have Nots. A UN study, a few years ago, placed the sustainable human population at about 5.8 billion....we are already over 7 billion, with estimates as high as 12 billion by the year 2100.

Rising sea levels, due to climate change, is going to render many of the coastal cities uninhabitable within the next century, and displace 10's, perhaps 100's of millions who will be left with little other than what they can carry, as they migrate further inland.

All this is going to lead to unrest that will make today's "protests" seem like a unruly backyard party. There will be a global uprising pitting the Haves vs. the Have Nots, and the result will be a drastic decrease in the human population.

If the Have's come out on top, the world will begin to unite under a common government, and mankind will begin a reach for the stars. If the Have Nots win, humanity will revert back to the Dark Ages.

Had I known what I know now, about this screwed up world, I would have remained celibate. None of us will see this chaos, but our grandkids and beyond will face a world that only Hollywood can describe in some of their doomsday movies.
 
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Treacle said:
Didn't Homer Simpson drink that 'stuff'? :unsure:

Oscar Wilde : Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.

Being kind, being sensitive, being understanding, being appreciative, being respectful - I could go on ☺
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Ah! Oscar Wilde: He also said, "If you want to tell the people the truth, make them laugh. otherwise they'll kill you!"
 
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Don M. said:
Humanity is rushing headlong to a "tipping point". A combination of Global Warming AND Overpopulation is going to create a crisis unlike anything we've ever seen.....quite possibly before this century is over. Presently about 10% of the global population lives in poverty, and that number is rising every year. Automation and robotics is replacing more human labor every year, and that, combined with unchecked birth rates is going to only widen the gap between the Have's and Have Nots. A UN study, a few years ago, placed the sustainable human population at about 5.8 billion....we are already over 7 billion, with estimates as high as 12 billion by the year 2100.

Rising sea levels, due to climate change, is going to render many of the coastal cities uninhabitable within the next century, and displace 10's, perhaps 100's of millions who will left with little other than what they can carry, as they migrate further inland.

All this is going to lead to unrest that will make today's "protests" seem like a unruly backyard party. There will be a global uprising pitting the Haves vs. the Have Nots, and the result will be a drastic decrease in the human population.

If the Have's come out on top, the world will begin to unite under a common government, and mankind will begin a reach for the stars. If the Have Nots win, humanity will revert back to the Dark Ages.

Had I known what I know now, about this screwed up world, I would have remained celibate. None of us will see this chaos, but our grandkids and beyond will face a world that only Hollywood can describe in some of their doomsday movies.
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Don M.: Might not be a cheery post, but you are RIGHT ON! You must be psychic. The rest of this year will be in turmoil as we've never imagined! Lifting the quality of thought may help but it's already in the works. Fasten your seat belt!
 
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Don M.: Might not be a cheery post, but you are RIGHT ON! You must be psychic. The rest of this year will be in turmoil as we've never imagined! Lifting the quality of thought may help but it's already in the works. Fasten your seat belt!

Humans have forgotten the basic rules of "Supply and Demand".....and our Supply of humans is rapidly exceeding any Demand for their labor and efforts. Couple that with the abuse of our environment, and the rising temperatures, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict the future problems. We are very near the point where nothing we do will reverse, or even slow down, what is surely coming.
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I'd take the approach "which human characteristics" are most responsible for the pain, suffering, etc. that's causing so much destruction.
If that could be determined, perhaps those characteristics could be minimized in individuals, replaced with more positive characteristics, without causing individuals to lose their overall humanity.
 
Mr. Ed said:
No doubt humanity is a victim of our thoughts and actions; how do we isolate the disease? First, contain it to prevent new infection then eradicate from all mankind.
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Contain what disease? If you're talking about the disease of human existence. I wouldn't worry about it.

Either we ourselves or Mother Nature will eventually cure the planet of it.
 
I think Mr. Ed poses a real problem. How do we save us from ourselves? If you look at "our finest hour", it's usually the winning side of a war. I believe our salvation is in the fact that we are exceptionally trainable critters. All we need is an entity with a big newspaper, who wacks us in the nose when we do something, and shouts " Bad human, bad human." Until that happens, we will have to rely on laws, and teach our young.
( Mr. Ed.......... yes. Wilburrrr. Sorry, Mr. Ed, I just had to.)
 
Not all of humanity falls under the umbrella of disease as you describe. IMO most people don't sit around considering the impact increased population & decreasing natural resources will have years from now. The pandemic gives us an insight into what panic looks like when what we take for granted what isn't available. The protest demonstrations that had rioting & lawlessness another visual.


Take what makes sense to you from these references.

Farmers have pumped so much water that in some places, the water table has fallen by more than a hundred feet. The water is now so deep underground that it can't flow into streams and rivers anymore.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...ave-many-of-the-worlds-streams-and-rivers-dry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_depletion

1st. mankind is doing this.

OCEAN POLLUTION:
11 FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW
The ocean is the origin and the engine of all life on this planet — and it is under threat.

https://www.conservation.org/storie...l of the ocean's fish.&text=5 garbage patches.

https://www.huntercourse.com/blog/2011/08/10-animals-hunted-or-nearly-hunted-to-extinction/

Selfish of me to be glad I won't be around when the decline starts & ramps up as time passes. If we think long term and consider mankind as a disease then the most logical cure will be the disease will cure itself by extermination.
 
Being kind, being sensitive, being understanding, being appreciative, being respectful - I could go on ☺
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Sad to say though, I've seen too many people turned jaded and cynical. There must be some deep hurts in their past that they don't know how to/ refuse to accept kindness offered to them. They put up walls instead of letting people in. I cannot blame them, but hopefully, they find at least one person to trust.
 

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