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I posted early pandemic that we probably peaked as a species about 50-60 year ago.

I'm not arsed either way as I've probably got less than 30 left going off family history.
 
I posted early pandemic that we probably peaked as a species about 50-60 year ago.

I'm not arsed either way as I've probably got less than 30 left going off family history.
What's peaking as a species entail though?

You can look all through history and find amazing feats of humanity. You can find some absolute disastrous patches as well. They seem to come and go and sometimes you look back on things differently.

As a small example the last ten years of supporting Sunderland have been utter shit but then we beat the mags six times in a row, made a legit cup final, had some great days out at Wembley, the great escape and some generally great matches in that time (Chelsea, Man City of the top of my head).

Life's generally full of ups and downs all the time.
 
I posted early pandemic that we probably peaked as a species about 50-60 year ago.

I'm not arsed either way as I've probably got less than 30 left going off family history.
No we peaked as a species when we were still hunter gatherers then along came civilised communities and it's been downhill ever since.
What's peaking as a species entail though?

You can look all through history and find amazing feats of humanity. You can find some absolute disastrous patches as well. They seem to come and go and sometimes you look back on things differently.

As a small example the last ten years of supporting Sunderland have been utter shit but then we beat the mags six times in a row, made a legit cup final, had some great days out at Wembley, the great escape and some generally great matches in that time (Chelsea, Man City of the top of my head).

Life's generally full of ups and downs all the time.
I agree, there have been several periods when there was prosperity and relative peace but they didn't last and when economic recession set in so did the scapegoats.
 
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The planet is likely to endure and carry on supporting some form of life and possibly up until its Sun goes super. The human race must surely be on borrowed time though, every year we do more damage to the earths eco systems and fill it with more and more people.

Ex planet, in the coming years the USA and China will no doubt start flag planting on the moon and Mars in turn and laying clame to territory and resources. We've fucked one planet time to move on and do some more.
 

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