Do Humans Have Only 23 years to Go?
by Karthik on Jul.18, 2008, under Cool Stuff, Environment, GEAS, human civilizations, Human race, Science
I read about this article in Daily Galaxy news. Its a pretty awesome site for daily update on whats happening in the universe. So here, the Institute for the Future is inviting the world to play Superstruct,the worlds first massively multi-player forecasting game. It’s not just about envisioning the future—it’s about inventing the future, creating superstructures to solve and counter super threats facing the planet.
It seems based on an year long Super-computer simulation, the Global Extinction Awareness System (GEAS) has reset the “survival horizon” for Homo sapiens from “indefinite” to 23 years. Yea… 23 years! The GEAS president Audrey Chen said “The survival horizon identifies the point in time after which a threatened population is expected to experience a catastrophic collapse, is the point from which it a species is unlikely to recover. By identifying a survival horizon of 2042, GEAS has given human civilization a definite deadline for making substantive changes to planet and practices.”
Well, 2042 is definitely not the end of the world for us. Obviously. But, it does emphasizes in changing our daily practices towards the environment. So definitely somewhere down the line, the human race will be extinct just like any other species. But, may that be in millions or billions and not just a few thousands. Even the Dinosaurs managed 88 million years of survival before, being supposedly hit by a meteor. We are only 200,000 years old!
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July 21st, 2008 on 11:56 am
I thought this was a game…hmmm…is it not so?
July 21st, 2008 on 1:03 pm
Oh yes it is. But the purpose behind it, is what I have explained.
July 24th, 2008 on 3:31 pm
i don’t wanna die a virgin!
July 24th, 2008 on 3:36 pm
Haha, worst case scenario, you still have got 23 years dude… You have all the time to kill virginity. Just make sure you have Eco-Sex when you do
hehe…