Friday, March 28, 2014

The Last Generation:

From Seth Godin:
What if, in some sort of sci-fi solar flare cataclysm, it was impossible for humans to have more kids? No more babies.

How would we treat the last generation? Would we say to the youngest student on Earth, "sorry the school is really run-down and crowded and poorly staffed, but we don't want to invest in you?" Would we let the last generation grow up in poverty, or would we do everything we could to ensure that this one last time, we did it right?
It's an intriguing question. I think we would do it right. Children would suddenly become the most important thing on earth.

7 comments:

  1. I doubt it, why would anyone care if the last people got an education? To what end?

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  2. They would be the last chance to solve the problem or create something that out lived humans.

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  3. Why would humans be concerned with what outlived humans?

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  4. The same reason individual people are concerned with creating something that will outlive them, whether it's children, art work, or a building named after them.

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  5. If there would no longer be people to appreciate the art or buildings, then what would be the reason to care?

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  6. What about an alien intelligence? We were born to graffiti the world: we were here.

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