[pbhjpbhj]

30 years ago there was a very real prospect of a Worldwide nuclear war -- my mother was, in the UK, involved in creation of shelters to allow some kernel to survive the ensuing nuclear winter. Apocalyptic films were portending doom and in school we watched films about what to do if there was a nuclear blast.

There have been massive wars/killings, massive famines, massive epidemics.

We're in what may well be a local maxima, or perhaps an overall maxima. There are a lot of challenges to face that we need to unify to fight, like water poverty, food security, avoiding escalation of conflict - and not much sign of greater unification (quite the opposite AFAICT).

IMO we can turn it around, but we're going to have to have a sudden outbreak of altruism.

[JumpCrisscross]

> water poverty, food security, avoiding escalation of conflict

Two out of three of those problems are getting easier with technology (renewable energy for desalination and smart agriculture). If we leave this maxima, it will be because we permitted nuclear proliferation. Even that isn’t inescapable, however.