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Old 01-02-2018, 03:59 PM   #688 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
Always "counting" on mankind's ingenuity to be able solve future problems is shortsighted as eventually mankind's stupidity will certainly intercede.
It will continue to get better and better for most people until it gets much worse. My prediction is that the "much worse" will come in the form of deliberate human action more so than an indeliberate consequence.

In the long term, the solar system will figure out how to destroy us if bad actors haven't already done so long before then.
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