Recently I have read your presentation, “Island Civilization: A Vision for Human Occupancy of Earth in the Fourth Millennium” that was to the Simon Fraser Institute for the Humanities on October 16, 2008, and I must say that it is indeed extremely intriguing to be able to have Island Civilization. Out of the four possible scenarios that you mentioned in your presentation, which was wasteland scenario, garden scenario, future primitive, and Island Civilization, I think that Island Civilization will be the one that will allow the human species to survive and not become extinct. However, Island Civilization would be the hardest of the four scenarios to achieve due to the fact that it requires everyone to sacrifice something that is incredibly important to them, their freedom.
In your presentation you stated that wilderness is “a state of mind, a perception, rather than a …show more content…
The first scenario is the wasteland scenario, which describes that planet as a wrecked, contaminated, and depleted “that can support only a pathetic remnant of its once-miraculous biodiversity and civilization.” The second possible scenario is the garden scenario, which describes total benevolent human control over nature. The third scenario is known as the future primitive, which involves throwing away technology and treat it as a bad 10,000 year experiment; we will go back to being hunters and gatherers which has worked out for our species for millions of years. The last and final scenario, Island Civilization, explained your ideas for the future, and what this scenario has in mind is that the population will be reduced to 1.5 billion and creating “islands” that will be self-sustaining. It requires advance technology that will allow us to not harm the planet any longer and all production of food and other necessities will be taking place in the civilizations or
In your presentation you stated that wilderness is “a state of mind, a perception, rather than a …show more content…
The first scenario is the wasteland scenario, which describes that planet as a wrecked, contaminated, and depleted “that can support only a pathetic remnant of its once-miraculous biodiversity and civilization.” The second possible scenario is the garden scenario, which describes total benevolent human control over nature. The third scenario is known as the future primitive, which involves throwing away technology and treat it as a bad 10,000 year experiment; we will go back to being hunters and gatherers which has worked out for our species for millions of years. The last and final scenario, Island Civilization, explained your ideas for the future, and what this scenario has in mind is that the population will be reduced to 1.5 billion and creating “islands” that will be self-sustaining. It requires advance technology that will allow us to not harm the planet any longer and all production of food and other necessities will be taking place in the civilizations or