Years back, I remember reading about a
massive problem with the population of Earth having a massive explosion within
the last century where we went from 1 billion to 7 billion in an unprecedented
time. And there was a legitimate concern that humanity was going to outpace the
natural resources of the planet. Eventually, the theory was that we would run
out of food and fresh water and then we would all end up dying.
The last couple weeks have got my
brain turning and it is leading me to wonder. Nature has a history of evening
things out. I remember reading in Jurassic
Park (the novel, not the movie) where Ian Malcolm was scoffing at mankind’s
arrogance. Nothing can destroy the world. Nothing. It may take a few million
years to get back to normal but nothing can destroy it.
If humanity is moving in such a
direction and with such an explosion in population that we will self-destruct
is the Kharon’s virus Mother Nature’s answer? Now, first of all, we do not know
if this virus/contagion/plague is naturally occurring or if it was an
engineered virus that escaped from a place like the Center for Disease Control.
If it was created by nature, is this a
punishment? Or maybe this is an opportunity for us to hit the reset switch. I
want you to consider something. It is a proven fact from history that people
can be generally good. But even the nicest person, when pushed and hungry, will
do things that they normally wouldn’t do. And those that are starving will kill
to eat. So now, let’s swing the pendulum in the other direction…
Admittedly, it would take generations
for humanity to “restart” the things that are extremely technical. Obviously,
the auto industry is not making an overnight restart because who is left alive
that knows how to run a manufacturing plant? But given the excessiveness of the
United States, there are probably ten times as many new cars sitting in the
various car dealerships around the country than there are people alive within
our borders.
There is no one there NOT to tell you
to take them. There is a pretty good
chance you could stroll down the streets of Manhattan and yell quite loudly, “I
call Trump Tower!” and no one is around to oppose you. And even if someone is
there are you telling me you couldn’t take the 56th floor and let
them take the 57th? Or why not just claim the Chrysler Building or
the MetLife Building. My guess is that there is going to be more than enough
real estate to go around.
If starvation and a lack of basic
necessities turn men evil, would not a massive abundance of things and no
prominent monetary system turn men towards the path of goodness? Could it
possibly be that while the Kharon Epidemic was a nightmare of biblical
proportions, something wonderful could come from it?
Obviously if only 10% of humanity was
lost then getting back to normal would be a fairly easy thing to do and very
little change would be affected on a global scale. But if 90% of the population
is lost, that is essentially like hit that reset switch I was telling you
about.
Is it possible that we have a silver
lining to find in all this?
