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defacto7

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12. I'm not looking for it either..

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #11)

Sun Feb 12, 2017, 11:07 PM

Feb 2017

but it seems to have found us in one measure or another. Whether it's ten years or a thousand, I'm not going down without a fight... I'm also not going down unaware of humanities potential both progressive and destructive.

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Put bluntly, how much time do we have left? [View all] Duppers Feb 2017 OP

Until dinner? True Dough Feb 2017 #1

as a country? On the planet? MFM008 Feb 2017 #2

Most human life on the planet. Duppers Feb 2017 #3

Enough. braddy Feb 2017 #4

That is a function of what "we" do. n/t. NNadir Feb 2017 #5

Some scientific studies measure it in decades, defacto7 Feb 2017 #6

I distinguish between human life and global industrial civilization. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #7

I very much agree... defacto7 Feb 2017 #8

What we're seeing in geopolitics and the rise of Trump GliderGuider Feb 2017 #9

Thank You! I always value your knowledge, GG. Duppers Feb 2017 #13

By 2050, global civ will be crumbling NickB79 Feb 2017 #10

Hmmm... I'm in an odd position here OKIsItJustMe Feb 2017 #11

I'm not looking for it either.. defacto7 Feb 2017 #12