Asimov -Part 2 The Answer for Humanity

Isaac Asimov (died April 1992) scientist, author of over 500 books, gives his answer to how humanity can survive itself (the answer lies in energy from space.) See the complete talk on http://www.ubcome.com/AsimovSaveCivilization.html
This talk was when Asimov was President of The American Humanist Association, to The Humanist Institute.

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• humanity
• global
• warming
• climate
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• world
• government
• earth
• survival

[amn3h23h2]

the difference is, when the articles of confederation were failing, one could at least have hope of leaving to another land. how can i escape the world government?

give me liberty or give me death.

the only way this would work is if we quickly expand to the moon and mars, then we can have 3 governments :).... earth government would be logical at that point.

[KingKahnTV]

@amn3h23h2 Why do you think that government means a loss of liberty rather than a protection. A fair government is like an umbrella and a safety net.

[w13rdguy]

Conflict is life.

Conflict made you.

Suffering is eternal.

Extermination is inevitable.

[KingKahnTV]

@w13rdguy If you are right, it is all the more reason to fight back against this "conflict". Humanity is responsible for it's own survival. The struggle is for civilized Earth.

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[AshtonPhoto]

Population explosion is going to destroy the earth.

Another ice age is going to destroy the earth.

Now it's global warming that's going to destroy the earth.

Liberals never run out of ways to alarm us do they?

[KingKahnTV]

@AshtonPhoto A couple of points, 1.Asimov is not saying that the Earth wil be destroyed. Just the Earth as we have it now, suited for sustaining human civilization as it has been progressing will no longer exist.

2.The population explosion has been slowed by a "liberal" reaction to scientific evidence.

Climate change and it's impact on human habitat, agriculture, water supply, the ocean, and human migration won't destroy Earth, but might our civilization. Human's can act. Be alarmed!

[KingKahnTV]

@IPossessAHugePenis You make very good discussion points in dispute of some of the arguments in the video. However you do not move us forward. How do we save the planet for the future of humanity (I'm thinking for another half a millennium)? Also, are you male or female  Is the penis you posses attached to your torso or one you hold in your hand?

[lumbarddemilan]

We need the Galactic Empire . The alternative is anarchy and extinction.

Long Live The Second Foundation !

[brscic]

What we need now is more of the rule of Law, freedom, socially and economically and the rule of law again.

What we don't need is a government, even global,. that bases it's existence in any kind of collectivism,..Because it is shit,.. It has been proven historically beyond any shadow of the doubt,..(must have been drunk on my other post),..

And it is not what we need it is what individuals need,is a free society with the rule of law. it works. Everything else is bound to fail and fail hard,..

[brscic]

very beautiful,.. he us wrong at one point,.. this is still beautiful

[Homelandz]

@Chindro2828 Ok, but my point was that you dont have legitimacy if your decisions affect third parties. It doesnt matter who pollutes more, the point is: Does they have the right to pollute at all?

[AshtonPhoto]

@Chindro2828

Thanks, I have read research and no, it does not all conclude that burning fossil fuels will 'heat up the atmosphere' (whatever that means). There is a mass of research that points to an imminent cooling period but you discount all of that because the media headlines never mention it.

Have you watched 'The Great Global Warming Swindle' on YouTube so you have both sides of the argument? No, of course not. Your mind is already made up.

[Chindro2828]

@Homelandz Wrong, the US emits the most Co2, nearly double that of China. But at the rate they`re going they will probably surpass America in 20 years.

[Chindro2828]

@AshtonPhoto The river was also wider, more shallow and flowed slower than it does today. 10 minutes of reading research material and knowing high school science would tell you that the burning of fossil fuels does heat up the atmosphere. Please get real and don`t use the river Thames freezing over as conclusive evidence. Yes the Earth does go through changes. But to discount human industry as a cause of global warming is plain silly.

[AshtonPhoto]

@595o

The situation is likely irrevocable, at least in the short term.

The US government is totally corrupt and the people don't care. Despite claims to the contrary, they believe everything they read in the media ('global warming' being the latest fad). Clinton, a clown, got reelected. Bush, a clown for entirely different reasons also got reelected and now the clown currently in office has amassed a massive war chest to fund his (almost certain) reelection.

I'm not optimistic.

[595o]

@AshtonPhoto Ok, so again, what's the solution/alternative? More transparency? More altruistic politicians?

[AshtonPhoto]

@595o

Ok, let's cut right to the chase here.

The problem is that people are naturally self-centered. Bankers want more money, government officials want more power (and money) and celebrities want more recognition (and money). Children exhibit this behavior from the moment they're born.

The bigger the government, the less accountable it becomes. That's a hard and fast rule. The less accountability people have, the worse they behave. That's also a hard and fast rule.