I don’t want to bum you out in the middle of summer and all, but of course it’s my job to keep you up to date with the doomsayers of the world. This time it’s Professor Martin Rees of the the University of Cambridge who has written a book called “Our Final Century,” in which he declares that humans have only about a 50-50 chance of making it through the 21st century without experiencing utter devastation. Among the possibilities for the end of the world as we know it outlined in his book are a hit by an asteroid or comet, Earth being swallowed by a man-made black hole, global warming, worldwide pandemic, robots taking over the world, gamma ray burst from a distant star, nuclear holocaust, and overpopulation. Of course there’s also a damn good chance nobody reading this is going to make it out of this century alive anyway, so what’s the difference?
7.10.2007
WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE... EVENTUALLY
I don’t want to bum you out in the middle of summer and all, but of course it’s my job to keep you up to date with the doomsayers of the world. This time it’s Professor Martin Rees of the the University of Cambridge who has written a book called “Our Final Century,” in which he declares that humans have only about a 50-50 chance of making it through the 21st century without experiencing utter devastation. Among the possibilities for the end of the world as we know it outlined in his book are a hit by an asteroid or comet, Earth being swallowed by a man-made black hole, global warming, worldwide pandemic, robots taking over the world, gamma ray burst from a distant star, nuclear holocaust, and overpopulation. Of course there’s also a damn good chance nobody reading this is going to make it out of this century alive anyway, so what’s the difference?
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First, i've a begginer's english, sorry :(
Now, you know, i'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Yesterday, we saw snow here, and people, almost, are still making snowmen, playing, jumping... i mean, they're happy about the snow. But, we didn't have snow since 1918... How can't they see that this is a manifestation of the eviroment's tragical changes???? I like your blog. :)
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