tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7731927515459930491..comments2024-03-29T04:38:14.302-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Earth's Future?Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64230844592471222852020-11-30T22:13:53.965-05:002020-11-30T22:13:53.965-05:00I know my husband & I very rarely see & ta...I know my husband & I very rarely see & talk to live human beings any more. And I'm the secretary of our block club, but we haven't had a meeting since February! We're not meeting on Zoom because so few of the club members are computer-literate. 😎Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54689924652699039472020-11-30T08:52:10.862-05:002020-11-30T08:52:10.862-05:00E.M. Forster came up with the same basic idea back...E.M. Forster came up with the same basic idea back in 1909 with "The Machine Stops", when people no longer live on the uninhabitable surface of the earth, but underground, in their own cells, and all contact is via The Machine. Brilliant story. (You can read it on-line here: http://www.visbox.com/prajlich/forster.html)<br /><br />As for what's coming in the future - well, from what I've seen in history, it's important to remember that (1) Humans are almost infinitely resilient, (2) Nature has wiped out a lot of us at various times, and will continue to do so - safety is never guaranteed, (3) The pendulum always swings: Anti-science to pro-science; puritan to libertine; isolationism to globalization. <br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.com