Thanks, AGelbert. Do you mind if I repost this at the Doomstead Diner? Roamer hasn't posted anything in a while, but he was on today, so hopefully he will see it. (And, I was able to get that information AFTER logging off, so I'm not abusing my mod privileges by telling you that.)
I halfway agree with you about our imminent demise. I basically am a techno-cornucopian but a political doomer. It is not the doomer's nightmares that concern me, it is the sociopath's dreams -- particularly the "better dead than Red" crowd. I believe we can solve these problems if we work together, but I fear there are those in power who would rather see us go extinct than lose their control.