This volcano/island (Rangitoto) came out of the sea just 500-600 years ago.
Respectfully I have to disagree. Epidemics and natural disasters have had the most widespread impact to date. In years to come in sure your claim will have its validity. Human inflicted global warming and what not.Humanity's greatest tragedies have been self-inflicted.
So what you are saying is that we are past due for a pretty big Boom!Speaking of volcanoes, not far from me is the Yellowstone Caldera, which is actually a "supervolcano" that erupts about every 500,000 years "about 1 million times more powerfully than an atomic bomb" It last erupted 640,000 years ago...
Yup. Between the supervolcanoes and gamma ray bursts, life on Earth is pretty much doomed--not even mentioning the possibility of a man-made nuclear holocaust.So what you are saying is that we are past due for a pretty big Boom!
That's it I am checking out! Where is my kava assistant??Yup. Between the supervolcanoes and gamma ray bursts, life on Earth is pretty much doomed--not even mentioning the possibility of a man-made nuclear holocaust.
Man is certainly responsible for more deaths than natural disasters. Mao, Stalin, and Hitler combined killed between 90-188 million people and that's only recent history. However, I hadn't though of epidemics. That would certainly trump everything else.Respectfully I have to disagree. Epidemics and natural disasters have had the most widespread impact to date. In years to come in sure your claim will have its validity. Human inflicted global warming and what not.
And don't forget Drop Bears.... However, we don't have any dangerous spiders or snakes, so maybe that's what makes Australia seem so risky
The plague was a nasty one. Although I suppose urbanization and lack of sanitation may have had a lot to do with that...Man is certainly responsible for more deaths than natural disasters. Mao, Stalin, and Hitler combined killed between 90-188 million people and that's only recent history. However, I hadn't though of epidemics. That would certainly trump everything else.
This is spot on. Hunger and preventable diseases are often strategies used by governments to demand obedience and subservience. Millions of people died in colonial India of hunger as grains were shipped to England. Stalin starved people to death for political reasons. Ignoring public health crises like HIV, water poisoning, malaria, cholera, and other preventable diseases is an act of informed neglect. Even the responses we make to natural disasters are within our control. War and school shootings are just the tip of the iceberg.Man is certainly responsible for more deaths than natural disasters. Mao, Stalin, and Hitler combined killed between 90-188 million people and that's only recent history. However, I hadn't though of epidemics. That would certainly trump everything else.
Agreed with this especially in today's society. The terrorist attacks that we seem to let consume are fears are on such a small scale. 50 people die in a terrorist attack in the western world and everyone freaks out while many are constantly dying elsewhereThis is spot on. Hunger and preventable diseases are often strategies used by governments to demand obedience and subservience. Millions of people died in colonial India of hunger as grains were shipped to England. Stalin starved people to death for political reasons. Ignoring public health crises like HIV, water poisoning, malaria, cholera, and other preventable diseases is an act of informed neglect. Even the responses we make to natural disasters are within our control. War and school shootings are just the tip of the iceberg.
We are the viruses of this planet, when you really think about it and inevitably someday will destroy ourselves. This planet is a living, breathing being, it will find a way to rid itself of mankind, though I have a feeling we are going to end up doing it ourselves much faster at the rate we are going.Humanity's greatest tragedies have been self-inflicted.
Well, it's not something I like to talk about much. But it's important to know that people who work in humanitarian emergency contexts go through a lot, and often come back with similar problems as veterans. The only difference is that we don't participate in the violence. In that sense, it can be worse. Because we have to witness things that we can't intervene on. I want to emphasize here that South Sudan is the only place where I have worked where I had to be witness to such things. Most of Africa is remarkably peaceful and friendly.@Kavasseur your statements about Africa still baffle me... the idea of listening to a girl being raped and knowing there's nothing you could do or actually living under a tyrant government or suppressive is just unfathomable to me..