The End of the World
Not sure how to link to a specific page of the Drudge Report, but his headlines for January 1, 2006 was:
2006 DAY ONE: FLOODS, FIRES, RECORD HEAT, COLD
Michael Crichton has a lecture up Fear, Complexity, & Environmental Management in the 21st Century that was interesting reading this morning. If you've read State of Fear (which I thought was a horrible novel but a great list of citations) then this is kind of an update. Pictures etc.
Nobody gets money unless they are in a crisis - so the world always has to be ending. And while I believe we should watch what we do and how it effects the world, he includes this:
"We are unanimously convinced that rapid, radical redressment of the present unbalanced and dangerously detiorating world situation is the primary task facing mankind....."
written about Global Cooling in 1972. That wasn't that long ago.
also included:
"As Mark Twain said, “I’ve seen a heap of trouble in my life, and most of it never came to pass.”'
UPDATE: The piece by Crichton also discusses the end of the world due to overpopulation. Steyn, though thinking that the end of the world is nie due to the lack of population increase in the western world, also mentions the "scare" of the 70s due to overpopulation. It looks like it's going to be that kind of year folks!
2006 DAY ONE: FLOODS, FIRES, RECORD HEAT, COLD
Michael Crichton has a lecture up Fear, Complexity, & Environmental Management in the 21st Century that was interesting reading this morning. If you've read State of Fear (which I thought was a horrible novel but a great list of citations) then this is kind of an update. Pictures etc.
Nobody gets money unless they are in a crisis - so the world always has to be ending. And while I believe we should watch what we do and how it effects the world, he includes this:
"We are unanimously convinced that rapid, radical redressment of the present unbalanced and dangerously detiorating world situation is the primary task facing mankind....."
written about Global Cooling in 1972. That wasn't that long ago.
also included:
"As Mark Twain said, “I’ve seen a heap of trouble in my life, and most of it never came to pass.”'
UPDATE: The piece by Crichton also discusses the end of the world due to overpopulation. Steyn, though thinking that the end of the world is nie due to the lack of population increase in the western world, also mentions the "scare" of the 70s due to overpopulation. It looks like it's going to be that kind of year folks!
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