Review of The Age of Stupid (2009) by Roger H — 13 Dec 2012

Interesting piece about what is quite likely to happen; the imminent end of our species on this planet in the next one or two centuries. Since 2008 when this movie came out, I don't think the global warming situation has gotten even the slightest bit less gloomy.

In fact I would say most scientists are shocked at the pace of it. Today I think most people with average or above intelligence know at some gut level that mankind stands on a metaphorical beach with the tsunami of immense destructive proportion on the horizon, but it's easy to live in denial and ignore it.

Of course people with children or grandchildren have an additional emotional vested interest to engage such fantasies because it is a very sad prospect for those future generations. I think it is possible that perhaps a small number will survive in the aftermath, but the world will collapse as we know it.

I also don't think there is much we can do about it because it's already too late, and the attitudes are far too stupid to make the kind of immediate global changes that would be required to save us.

It's not the climate change directly that will kill mankind, but rather geopolitical unrest on a scale never before seen in history, corresponding destabilization of society via widespread war, and weapons powerful enough to turn the whole mix into hell are the most likely causes of the massive fallout I believe lies ahead.