If you had enough money to live in luxury for the rest of your life, would you still find a reason to work?
and if not, what would you do instead?
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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Elessar · 26-30, M
@CrazyMusicLover Mars*
Elessar · 26-30, M
@CrazyMusicLover If the world goes apeshìt it has virtually zero chances of surviving it in an enjoyable form. Best case scenario it turns into a modern medieval like society in which the rich refugees get to rule like feudal lords and everyone else is enslaved 😅 except with nuclear bunkers instead of castles
Elessar · 26-30, M
@CrazyMusicLover I'm just going with historical precedents: when societies take a big hit, the outcome never favors the commoner. When society collapses it reverts back to autocracy, not democracy. When Rome fell, the so called "dark age" didn't stop at former Roman borders.
LatAM, Pacific islands and NZ stands no chances alone against the imperialistic ambitions of USA's, Russia's, China's oligarchies. Heck, it's a difficult task already for a somewhat united Europe resisting the influence of all three, and that influence is exactly the reason why things are "going down". They'll take over those places much much faster and with much less effort than it'll take them to take down Europe, it's just that for now the focus isn't on there yet.
LatAM, Pacific islands and NZ stands no chances alone against the imperialistic ambitions of USA's, Russia's, China's oligarchies. Heck, it's a difficult task already for a somewhat united Europe resisting the influence of all three, and that influence is exactly the reason why things are "going down". They'll take over those places much much faster and with much less effort than it'll take them to take down Europe, it's just that for now the focus isn't on there yet.
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SomeMichGuy · M
@CrazyMusicLover Lots of islands will go underwater with rising oceans...
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy That's not going to happen overnight. Most likely not even in my life.
Elessar · 26-30, M
@CrazyMusicLover @SomeMichGuy I'll be the first here to go underwater 🥳
SomeMichGuy · M
@CrazyMusicLover I not sure how short a time horizon you think you have, but welcome to the future--it has already begun (rising ocean levels), which is why small island nations have brought it up at the UN.
Of course, the shift in ocean currents is going to truly screw up weather patterns.
Of course, the shift in ocean currents is going to truly screw up weather patterns.
Elessar · 26-30, M
@SomeMichGuy Also consider that pretty much every prediction and model about climate change notoriously turn out to be made too conservatively (/optimistic)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-science-predictions-prove-too-conservative/
No prediction that says "X won't happen during our lifetime" is to be trusted blindly
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-science-predictions-prove-too-conservative/
No prediction that says "X won't happen during our lifetime" is to be trusted blindly
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy The earthquake and tsunami are a much bigger threat in the Pacific. Yes, extreme weather too.
SomeMichGuy · M
@CrazyMusicLover Extreme weather is because of the warming, which is melting ice on the surface and has been destroying cold storage of CO2 in the deep oceans (accelerating the warming).
Ice melt and warming oceans directly increase ocean volume, and heat increases evaporation so more vapor is in the atmosphere, with more energy, so bigger storms.
But losing low-lying coastal areas is already happening.
Ice melt and warming oceans directly increase ocean volume, and heat increases evaporation so more vapor is in the atmosphere, with more energy, so bigger storms.
But losing low-lying coastal areas is already happening.