An Age of Magic

What are your plans for 22/12/2012…?

October 27, 2009 on 10:53 am | In Science Fiction Technology | No Comments

Well, depending which theory you subscribe to we will either be putting out our Xmas stockings and worrying about our credit card balances (as well as middling things that go with it like identity theft protection ) OR we will all be zillions of tiny vaporated particles floating around the atmosphere.

For the former – that’s if NASA is correct, and for the latter – that’s if the Mayans have got it right. Whatever you want to believe, this theory of the world coming to a rather nasty end on 21/12/12 would serve a lot of people very right should it be true. I mean, we humans have not exactly been very good tenants during our time on this planet have we…? we have destroyed huge swathes of forest and landscape, killed untold millions of our fellow man (and continue to do so…), wiped out unique species of plants and creatures and rendered our oceans and waterways unsustainable for the life it supported.

So why shouldn’t we be punished for doing so…? we complain about people who care about the environment, we sneer at ‘tree-huggers’ and refuse to ditch the evil plastic bag and carbon fuels because we are too lazy or unbothered to do so. This planet was doing fine until a hundred or so years ago – until industry gave us wealth and progress, which was fine – however at what ultimate cos…?

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