Originally posted by Spooky Fox Mulder
So, now I ask you. Does anyone of you here have any POSITIVE predictions of the future? Anyone?
Positive predictions of the future generally don't sell as well as the negative predictions. I think this has something to do with people people
feeling both guilty and self-righteous at the same time. Many people expect to be punished in the future for their "sins," while at the same time
they also want other evil people to pay for their misdeeds. So that tends to mean a lot of conflict and pain and misery.
Otherwise, every other day we hear about a cure for some disease that wiped out millions of people in the past, new sources of energy, new discoveries
in genetics that could triple our lifespans, and so on. With a little self-control in the population growth department, there's no reason to think
we can't eventually all live in some kind of Star Trek galaxy of peace and prosperity, a virtual heaven on Earth, with each individual free to
maximize their own potential.
But I've never been a big fan of the concept of Heaven and eternal peace. It sounds deadly boring.
[edit on 1-7-2008 by Nohup]