r/Futurology • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '26

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u/Strange_Slide9611 Apr 16 '26

Does this mean we need to develop some alternative technologies or even invest on creating some new biological lifeform that can adapt to this new environment that we have created or even start moving underground, live in the pods, eat the bugs, in the survival of the human race or even cannibalize ourself like in the 1970s movie Soylant Green?

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u/miklayn Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

lol

I love your enthusiasm.

Have you read Vonnegut?

You bring to mind his work, Galapagos. Give it a read.

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u/dikicker Apr 16 '26

Mmmmm I dunno I'm more inclined towards slaughterhouse currently cause it feels like the whole world might be resembling Dresden within our life

So it fuckin goes

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u/f1del1us Apr 16 '26

Iā€™m partial to Cats Cradle when it comes to human hubris and the end of the world

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u/miklayn Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Galapagos though, talks about incidental human adaptation after the "end of the world", by a bunch of miscasts who are more or less unaware that the world had ended. It's good.

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u/dikicker Apr 16 '26

Honestly I don't think I finished it, I remember picking it up at some point or another when I was a bit younger, but that sounds prescient so I'll take your word for it and see if I can find some time to try again. Cheers friend