The When and Why of Self-Destruction

Two very big questions. To which could be added another: our stubborn refusal to recognize either one.

The when question could be answered simply: we have always been self-destructive. This is built into our genes. But our awareness of this has varied.

Beginning in the middle of the 20th Century, however, the human situation has become more technical and more destructive. We are now destroying everything. Except for our computers, which are getting better and better.

There are now two economies: the Industrial Economy (based on Oil) and the Computer Economy. (based on Information). Opposing forces, and we can wonder which one will win.

For the next fifty years or so, they will be fighting it out, and some kind of complicated compromise is inevitable.