The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?
We are going to see a burst of creativity that will make the Renaissance pale in comparison.
What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity.
It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
The world may be driven by the same ancient impulses. We will continue to see human struggles and successes. We will witness human glory and tragedies.
It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.
Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years.
The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.
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