Sensible people everywhere are wondering, “Have those people
gone nuts?” well I think it’s deeper than that. Here is what I think. The baby boomers are to
blame. They are starting to retire or are getting close to it. A vast majority
of them are seeking to protect their investments that are going to carry them
through their golden years. They don’t care two old farts about the environment,
women’s rights to choose, etc. They just want to make sure their money is
secure. This I believe is what is giving Republican’s their Tea Party edge.
Young bucks and doe’s in the party in turn are gunning for
the big spots as the old guards retire and so they are aiming to keep the old
guys happy. This will change however as the boomers start dying off and a new
generation take over. Businesses like
Google, Microsoft, Apple, Zappos, Etc. are changing the culture in the
workforce. No longer is the bottom line enough. The new standard is the double
bottom line. They are taking care of their employees their environment and
their profits, with altruistic efforts like those of Bill and Malinda Gates.
Poverty and over population will decrease as more CEO’s join in the
effort. Also businesses with an eco-vision
like the western land grab of Ted Turner who is not only turning Buffalo into
the new beef but along with others is reopening the north to south wild animal
migration routes.
I see populations decreasing as education levels rise and
with that a smarter and less intense use of natural resources. The conservative
or radical branches of Christianity and Islam will also fall out of favor with
people as they begin to realize that God is not to blame or beg too for the
events of their lives but that careful planning is. More passive and gratitude
based organizations will take their place and there will be a dramatic push
towards interstellar research as the community of nations gradually stop
fighting and start coming into their own.
The biggest climactic shift will be the massive effort of
the international community to terraform the Sahara desert back into a weather
producing tropical forest. This will be funded
by a massive outpouring of research grants by International houses of learning and
interstellar commerce firms that will depend on the knowledge gained from that
to expand new venues of commerce to the permanent colonies in terraforming
neighboring worlds such as Venus, Mars, Vesta, Ceres and of course our own
moon.
Will the world end at the end of 2012? Heck no! In fact, the
future is so bright I have to wear shades!
