The power of instant communication to organize people and ideas has already proven it can move mountains in this 21st Century. Organized consumerism pushed Rush Limbaugh to the edge of extinction. Organized voices sparked the Arab Spring. Even as I write, the so-called "Anti-Bodies" are coming together around the world to fight pollution, begin the cleanup and plan for a manageable future in the new climate frontier.
The 20th Century offers countless examples of how humans learned to manage and/or clean up seemingly impossible messes. Granted, these were smaller, localized and regional messes (especially compared to present day problems) but 21st Century communications can almost instantly organize a thousand of these smaller tasks. Indeed, this will become a major industry in the 21st Century, and it will be backed by the same big money that was largely responsible for the mess. They know what they've done. Scattered among their public responses are small admissions of guilt, probably prompted by attorneys preparing for a possible defense before The World Court. The Big Money, meanwhile, is keeping its options open. They are looking for the exit and would like to lock the door behind them, but there is really nowhere for them to go. They will do what they have to do -- what they have no choice but to do -- and even though it won't be nearly enough, it all will serve as a grand lesson for Mankind as it begins to colonize the solar system in your lifetime. In the end, the experience and knowledge you earn will perhaps make yours the next Greatest Generation, a generation of wise men and wise women sending the next generation off in search of Mankind's destiny.
My generation will be there as long as you need us.
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