Exit Mundi: A Collection of End-World Scenarios

[Riotsword]

Got the link from a YTMND about the possiblities of humanity's end. Some of the scenarios are simply hilarious and inconceivable, but some seem quite possible, perhaps even inevitable... Terr would appreciate the inclusion of the 'Peak Oil' scenario.

http://www.exitmundi.nl/

I get a kick out of the subtitles to some of them, like the one for the "Mass Insanity" scenario: "Humdidum: Look Mom, We're All Airplanes!"

I've been reading these for the past hour or so. Definitely a good time waster, at the very least.

[The Toecutter]

Re: Exit Mundi: A Collection of End-World Scenarios

The site's explanation of the 'alternatives' in the peak oil scenario is very misleading.

We don't need near as much energy as we currently use to maintain our current living standard; the wastefulness of our living standard is a consequence of government and corporate policy intended to maximize resource use and consumer spending in order to maximize economic growth and thus maximize profit. The common Joe isn't getting that profit.

Go to alternative sources that make much less energy, cut out the 'profit' going to the ruling socioeconomic class by dramatically improving efficiency, and there's enough to go around for everyone to live a 1st world living standard. We'd just no longer have 1% of the population possessing the majority of the world's wealth...



There's a way to mitigate the peak oil crisis. Even if we don't, the only way it will really 'end' the world is if it sparks conflicts that lead to nuclear war(a possibility that's too likely for comfort), and even then, just because humanity ends doesn't mean the world would not.













Some of their more off the wall scenarios are far more interesting, but I don't take them seriously. I don't think they were meant to be taken seriously.

Good find, although I've been there like 2 years ago.