tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552422419133819877.post4807623153143930082..comments2024-03-13T14:21:41.243-05:00Comments on The Retirement Project: All may yet be well...TJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03459069175481821975noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552422419133819877.post-69153731272070617262017-06-04T10:10:56.582-05:002017-06-04T10:10:56.582-05:00It seems people forget how bad war is every few ge...It seems people forget how bad war is every few generations. I was surprised how little notice the 100th anniversary of WWI, the original world bloodbath, gathered. Our soldier worship in the USA is like 1913 in Europe and could lead to worse results, with 21st century weapons being more lethal than mustard gas or howitzers. I'm cheered that the surviving 'left' (fka the center) is fighting back but we (non-trump cultists) are still losing as far as I can tell, and trump could lose us western civilization by pushing the 'launch' button instead of the 'coke butler' button.<br />Tod Germanicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036673218365709139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552422419133819877.post-21333195990378110842017-05-03T20:19:53.673-05:002017-05-03T20:19:53.673-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552422419133819877.post-43768595593935796622017-04-28T17:53:41.172-05:002017-04-28T17:53:41.172-05:00Keith, for me it is more sad than scary. (Kim Jung...Keith, for me it is more sad than scary. (Kim Jung-u n has some family that he hasn't killed...yet.) The world isn't likely to end for a few millions of years at least, so human kind still has a chance of evolving, or growing if you prefer, into a species with an amazing future. And, of course, each of us has the individual chance to live in a way that touches those around us in a good way. A personal oppotunity to contribute to that evolution, or growth. I think it a given that in just a few (2 - 10) generations the total human population will be some fraction of what it is now. That fraction will be either be the foundation for a new and better future or the last remnants of a lost opportunity for wisdom and compassion to spread through this little corner of the cosmos. Either way I suspect we weren't the first such opportunity, as I hope / suspect the universe is home to beings so much further down the evolutionary path of wisdom and compassion than we are that we would be hard pressed to look them square in the eye. Nor will we be the last. In any case it seems clear to me that any species that blends intelligence, tool building, and advanced technology will either nurture wisdom and compassion into its defining characteristics or kill itself off. We are balanced on the knife's edge at the moment.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03459069175481821975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552422419133819877.post-87172171888187710062017-04-28T16:01:46.688-05:002017-04-28T16:01:46.688-05:00I disagree with many of your ideas, however, I wil...I disagree with many of your ideas, however, I will say your post was well written and much better than most. I think that because each of those 5 men has family we as a human race will continue to stumble forward for quite some time more. Even Kim Jung-un has family he hasn't yet killed. <br /><br />Children and grand-children are the great humblers of proud men and a common denominator of us all. They often give us the wisdom to temper our pride and need for vengeance.<br /><br />Yet... scary times indeed.Keith Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773876785400644076noreply@blogger.com