Talk:A Brief History of the Future

Mostly translated from fr:. Rama (talk) 13:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

This article has equivalents in three other languages (which I did not write). I am not saying that this article is clearly admissible (though we do have lots of articles about books), but it is certainly not clearly not inadmissible. If someone really has doubts about it, he should open a proper deletion request, not stamp a speedy deletion template on it. Rama (talk) 18:52, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Religion
Religion has a huge effect on the future, no matter if you are religious or not. As our global population explodes, the consumption of resources is imperiled. The brave creative future suggested by the program can only manifest if the resources are available, and population control is a problem that was not examined despite its critical role. Is this topic avoided because of religion's insistence on the preciousness of every human life? As demonstrated by mass extinction, the huge civilian death toll of innocent people in wars, anonymous mass shootings and other random violence around the world, life does not seem precious to an ever growing number of people. The inevitable cheapening of human life will continue as the population exceeds the carrying capacity of the world's resources. We cannot truly value human life (or the lives in the world of nature) if we do not contend with the population issue. Religion and media seem to avoid confronting this issue even though its existence lies beneath most major stresses like immigration and climate change. A Brief History of the Future missed an opportunity to draw attention to this neglected issue. Homefire1 (talk) 03:24, 13 May 2024 (UTC)