About the End of the World

[Avril]

What are your predictions for the end of the world? How will mankind be extinct?

Mine is climate change and lack of resources leads to soaring prices and global riots and collapse of governments.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

How will mankind be extinct?

By pissing me off.

 

[mustard_glass]

The climate change alone won't be enough to cause total human extinction, I don't think, but they might do something absolutely stupid to try and stop it and fuck everything up in the process.
Right now it doesn't look like people care about this stuff, I mean it's just science - not some mysterious prophecy, ancient calendar or a guy from a catholic radio who claims that god spoke to him about the rapture, so it doesn't sell very well. We're screwed.

 

[chocolatebar]

I used to think that our extinction was close and this idea used to give me some comfort, but then I realised how persistent and adaptable we are, being able to barely live in harsh conditions while people still wanting to bear children.

 

[deflationary]

Sadly I don't see complete human extinction happening anytime soon :(

It's nice to dream about a utopian apocalypse where people finally get wise to the nightmare-like nature of organic life and opt out of it themselves and sterilize the whole planet as well. But I think reality doesn't allow for happy endings like that.

 

[LONE WOLF.]

A Massive solar flare which will incinerate the whole planet to nothing but ashes and dust! Or Sarah Connor's Nuclear Nightmare would also do nicely!

 

[summers]

What are your predictions for the end of the world? How will mankind be extinct?

Mine is climate change and lack of resources leads to soaring prices and global riots and collapse of governments.

Is anarchy or maybe small local government really the end of the world?