We will never know how much of Y2K was a grab for cash by consultants, how much was late 90s technology boom hype and how much was genuine concern for the world shutting down.

We now need to wonder how much climate change will actually affect the world. Will there be water wars? Will there be mass starvation and mass migration?

Time will tell.

>> Yes, this is what the book Collapse was about. It’s amazing that the human race continues to grow, considering its stupidity.

I read Collapse too. Great book.

“The Dilbert Future” (Scott Adams) is much more amusing, and sums up human nature pretty succinctly:

>>>>>
Immutable Laws of Human Nature
* Stupidity
* Selfishness
* Horniness
>>>
Whenever humans notice a bad trend, they try to change it. The prediction of doom causes people to do things different and avoid the doom. Any doom that can be predicted won’t happen.

Example
Prediction of doom: Population will grow faster than food supply.
Human response: Scientists realize that you can call just about anything a “meat patty”.