I have no hope in humanity. The justification for lack of hope is the existence of the billions of God believers on this planet.

For, they never want to question what their books claim? Its like a disease, to shun away from questioning and believe in what's claimed. Probably instinctively justified to believe - for if I told you that you'd scream and burn in Hell, you're probably going to be scared! Probably there is a game theory answer to why people just believe a claim most of the time without subjecting the claim to scientific falsification? (Kinda likePascal's Wager?)

Their books claim that all of earth was made for them (and in most religions, as long as a small portion of what-was-made-for-them is offered as a bribe back to the Creator who created these things in the first place, the Creator will be happy). When its made for you, use it! Why worry about population dynamics or what's “left” of it or even if its being used right?

How do you expect these humans to think rationally and plan the future? Or are humans even capable of very long term planning?

Maybe they just don't “see” it coming. Our instincts drive us to react. Our brain puts adrenaline if someone comes running to you about an approaching tiger. But what about the coming global oil “shortage”? Or Climate change that people believe will not affect them in their lifetimes.

… and to top it all, the instincts (agression, greed, anger, territorial protection, lust, etc.,) that drives us are mechanisms for short-term success of reproduction. Evolution cares only about one iteration. It doesn't make mathematical sense to plan for more than that, I suppose. Evolution is blind. There is never a long-term plan.

There is nothing new here - humanity has gone through several eco-system collapses. This one is probably going to be big thanks to our astounding use of energy in whichever direction the instincts drove us. Or maybe our instincts will drive us to continue it for a longer period than before and turn this planet into a desolate gas-giant like Venus or something?

Humans work effectively (at making copies of themselves) only when they tend to reduce their world-views effectively. “someone will figure out an alternative to oil” is one such reduction. But so is “Not in my life time”.

This is my biggest and broadest rambling I have at this point of time.

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