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• A comment on Conversation: Sustainable, environmental engineering with an innovative "We Can Do Better" approach.

  Nov 6 2011: Wish there more like you. Good luck.

• A comment on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: I also would like to thank everyone for the responses.
  
  This is the thought provoking discussion I was looking for.

• A comment on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: I'd like to hear more from people on the topic how we might overcome our technological adolescence and make it to the next level of civilization.
  
  Assuming we are approaching level/type I.

• A reply on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: See my reply above about type III civilization.

• A reply on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: You are getting there.
  
  But will man reach a point of enlightenment before destroying itself?
  
  How do you see this happening?

• A reply on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: No. I'm thinking on a much, much greater time scale.

• A reply on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: I don't believe America is entirely like this but I do get your point, and this is the side of man that has me posing the topic question.

• A reply on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: I think man lacks patience.
  
  Because of this, I believe man will engineer itself into other forms of existence.
  
  This will happen on a relatively small time scale and will be very turbulent, potentially catastrophic.

• A reply on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: Yes, Gale understands the side of man I see.
  
  However I'd like to better understand your premise about mother nature solving problems?

• A reply on Conversation: What will become of us?

  Nov 5 2011: Although it is hard to not include politics/government in this discussion, it was not my intention to focus so much on it.
  
  To step back from politics a bit...
  
  Will we see a time where man creates and improves rather than consumes and destroys?
  
  I am a person of average intelligence yet I can see the imbalance and unsustainability of our actions.
  
  Because of this, I know it is within us to see, understand and excel, but will our greed and appetites consume and destroy us before we overcome this juvenile state?