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Of course it's real. It's part of a natural cycle. However, we accelerate the process with our egocentric behavior. Promoting global warming will probably end up in a collapse quicker than expected. We reached a certain point in the cycle where "the day after tomorrow" it's possible anytime, which will probably be devastating, but won't extinguish humanity.
There are certain factors reaching critical levels, like the rain and boreal forest, permafrost, the antarctic and greenland ice and so on, which can hold a lot of carbon (Postsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research). A change within one element could lead to a unstoppable feedback-loop promoting global warming in enormously since this planet is such an interconnected system (Yes, and there will probably come an cooler period afterwards, not a real ice age though). There is no guarantee at what point this will happen, but we should really ask ourself, if we are ready to take a chance?
An unstoppable feedback loop? Really? Potsdam Institute is not a credible source. It's called tipping points or elements, which are also described by the Nasa, the Noaa, the National Snow and Ice Center, and by many researchers. The opinion of the IPCC is that tipping points exist, evidence in models do not point in the direction, that it will flip soon, but it can not be excluded as well. I just think it is very dangerous to treat this matter lightly (better safe than sorry) and working towards a more sustainable future wouldn't be bad at all. |
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My personal opinion is in the long term, blockchain technology has far reaching implications and ultimately enslave us to an immutable decentralised ledger, which also destroys sovereignty of nations if we go down the route of a world decentralised currency. I think immutable information maintains the status quo of the rich always being rich and the poor always being poor and the blockchain facilitates a way to snapshot that monetary construct in a way which we can never take back. Just think of how we forced the kings to sign the Magna Carta, this won't be possible once we have people in power with technology which is immutable. BTW I'm a Ted Kaczynski supporter who believes he was ahead of his time. It's just his methods of how he went about his actions hurt a lot of people. There is a reason why books like The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul are banned books, or put you on a government watchlist if you purchase them on Amazon.
Interesting on the banned books, I wasn't aware of this. No doubt that this disrupting technology will make a change. But to counter you, do you think that crypto is really breaking the system of Rich always being rich and Poor always being poor? If so, how? Appreciate your response and thinking! Unfortunately I don't think crypto will break the existing situation of the rich being rich and the poor being poor. its only my opinion but I fear that although we need to move towards trust-less, immutable ledgers. As this technology matures and combines with other forms of technology AI / Deep Learning we will see lot of middle class jobs accountants, office clerks, project managers, lawyers (smart legally binding contracts will replace them) logistic specialists, will all disappear. The ruling class will be the people who have the financial power and clout to integrate such systems and this will bring an even bigger divide between the rich and the poor. I think there will be a dark future in the implementation of blockchain. Unfortunately. That's an interesting point you make. Technology will, inevitably, replace middle class jobs. Blockchain or decentralization might not be able to prevent that sadly enough. I believe in the benefits (as mentioned) in the area of charity, elections, general monetary and data-related transactions/communication and preventing inflation. The downside of the automatization needs to be handled by us, not by technologies. A reduction in working hours or an unconditional income is inevitable, since many jobs will be replaced by technology and robots. I hope that the people engineering future systems (such as whole governments over blockchain), remain true to themselves and design solutions, which fight greed, injustice and inequality and give back the power to the people. |
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Of course it's real. It's part of a natural cycle. However, we accelerate the process with our egocentric behavior. Promoting global warming will probably end up in a collapse quicker than expected. We reached a certain point in the cycle where "the day after tomorrow" it's possible anytime, which will probably be devastating, but won't extinguish humanity.
There are certain factors reaching critical levels, like the rain and boreal forest, permafrost, the antarctic and greenland ice and so on, which can hold a lot of carbon (Postsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research). A change within one element could lead to a unstoppable feedback-loop promoting global warming in enormously since this planet is such an interconnected system (Yes, and there will probably come an cooler period afterwards, not a real ice age though). There is no guarantee at what point this will happen, but we should really ask ourself, if we are ready to take a chance?
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Yes I'm new on bitcointalk, interested in blockchain and cryptos for over a year now. I know there is an introduction board, but I'm not that relevant;)
I would agree that the price does not depend so much on the halving, since the mining-difficulty is a major regulator within this system. Of course it might go up a bit, but i guess not even near the factor 10 to the current price.
Furthermore, the marketcap is still small enough for manipulation (what will inevitably happen imo) and (the market) could have a way bigger impact on the price.
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