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To: dybdahl who wrote (64089)6/7/2010 8:13:47 AM
From: elmatador1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 217738
 
Times of empires falling are times when pessimism creeps in.

See Oswald Spengler 100 years ago (Der Untergang des Abendlande or The Downfall of the Occident, is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler) when Otoman, British, Romanoff and Habsburg aqll bite the dust at a single go.
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His description of the Faustian civilization is one where the populace constantly strives for the unattainable—making Western Man a proud but tragic figure, for while he strives and creates he secretly knows the actual goal will never be reached.

Now today:
Should This Be the Last Generation?
By PETER SINGER

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is “The Life You Can Save.”

So why don’t we make ourselves the Last Generation on Earth? If we would all agree to have ourselves sterilized then no sacrifices would be required — we could party our way into extinction!
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Even if we take a less pessimistic view of human existence than Benatar, we could still defend it, because it makes us better off — for one thing, we can get rid of all that guilt about what we are doing to future generations — and it doesn’t make anyone worse off, because there won’t be anyone else to be worse off.
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