Do you think that society is on the brink of collapse?
480232
I think we've past the brink, and we're just starting to gain momentum on the way down.
934476
Realistically, humanity will be dead. Sad, but true.\n\nSooner or later a couple of madmen with nukes will bomb everything, and everyone that moves.
708054
If we dont pull our fingers out and start doing the right thing surviving will be a definate struggle, I mean it is a struggle already for many people of the World.\nIt seems we are spiralling down the road of destruction but we can make a difference to change that.\nIt starts with us all.
709152
Nope....look at the pollution in the world....the decay of moral values....I'm trying to sound negative....but...with the crazy weather....depleting natural food resources....human greed...\n\nHow can this world be a better place for the next generation...unless...all humans "WAKE UP THEIR IDEAS!!!!"\n\nCheers.....
656531
Sadly, the world is regressing.  The use of the internet, cell phones, DVD players in cars, etc. has caused us to become much more detached from our friends and family.  There is much less personal interaction anymore.  I don't think technology is ALL bad...of course you can meet new people online, or find out new info in an instant.  But, overall, the cons are outweighing the pros at this point.\n\nWe are soooo reliant on oil and electricity that we are going back to making enemies with MOST of the world.  More countries (Iran, N. Korea) have nuclear capabilities and are much more likely to use them than any countries in the past.  There are more extreme terrorists who can't be caught, less human intelligence to stop the terrorists, and our own coutnry's military is very diminished at this point.\n\nDespite MOSTLY overcoming years of racism and racial tension, things seem to be getting worse in that area again, with all the immigration debates/protests.  \n\nMost of the world's population live in 3rd world countries...diseases are widespread.  Despite working on the AIDS problem for 20+ years, we still do not have a cure or vaccine.  \n\nPeople don't think there's anything wrong with deteriorating morals...swearing is commonplace now, nudity on TV/movies is no big deal...violence is everywhere.  More than 50% of marriages end in divorce.  We are quickly depleting our natural resources.  the polar ice caps are melting.  Nature is becoming more extreme thanks to global warming.  Certain animals are dying out.  \n\nI have an advanced degree, have worked hard all my life, and still cannot afford to buy my own house.  In the 50s, most families owned houses and that was without the wife working!  Now I can't own my own house despite all my hard work and education.  This country...and the world are going to hell in a handbasket, and anyone who doesn't think so, hasn't lived long enough or looked around!
371059
dunno man\nI'm no bible guy, but I too am convinced that the end is near...\nWhy I think that is hard to say...\nI almost want to say that it just seems like the direction we're moving in...look at the weather...look at the anger...look at the strife...war is but a comment away
308864
It depends on what you mean by collapse.\n\nDo you mean collapse into a black hole because of its mass or something?  Never.\n\nDo you mean our social, political, and economic systems?  When there is something that undermines the current structure so much that it makes the current structure unsustainable.  \nIn order for it to collapse soon, the price of gas shooting above $5/gallon would be a good start.  \nA nuke exploding in New York or LA would shake the US and the western world to its core, and we'd probably be in martial law and a bigger conflict that WWII.  \nA nuclear war.\nA religion or belief system that completely changes our economics or societal structure.\nA catastrophic change in our environment.
352706
All of this is typical of a World superpower that has gotten out of control. Simply look at the histories of Greece, Rome/Byzantium, Egypt, Ancient China, etc. What it means is that things are about to come crashing down, and hard.
570749
This world is going towards its end.
286820
I think humans are the universe's way of interpreting itself, a form of manifested self awareness in a celestial sense. Should this be the case than it is unlikely that we will every be fully eradicated, we would linger into the future in one form or another. Of course if this is incorrect than I'll go for the B.F. meteor whacking us upside the head after we've had a nuclear war and a herd thinning dose of pestilence.
27013
We still have a few billion more years before the sun supernovas. And technology is always increasing, ways to keep the environment clean are always appearing. As long as the people who want the world to end are kept at bay, it should be around for a while. Although there are plenty of cults and religions that are expecting it any day now.
236974
I think a more pertanant question would be are YOU ready for the world to end?
1168108
I've heard a couple of people recently who have said that they believe we are due to many "signs", however, I personally believe that we have a long way to go!\n\nUnfortunately, all good things must come to an end, or so some would say.  Hopefully one day I'll see you in heaven!
376298
nope...resources are being consumed and very little left.no more space for more human species.its very hard to live since poverty is present in any sides of the world now.miserable lives arec waiting for 95% of the newborns....just think about the world situation
30703
I don't think the people will think it's better or worse than now.  But if one of us were to pop up all of a sudden 100 years from now we'd be in shock.  The change in the world due to technology in the past 100 years is incredible, but the advances that the knowledge we now have are going to enable for the future are going to make the world an entirely different place.  Hopefully it will get better because the alternative is probably destruction.
545680
Yes funny question, however the serious side of this is the answer - society is making everyone have to sit up and protect their safety more than ever now.  The world is turning into a sad place.
829191
Society is evolving, some generations are getting better, some worse.\n\nOver time natural selection will take over, the people who do "better"  will continue, those who do not will fade away.