FUTURE LANDSCAPES? Some Thoughts about Eco-Catastrophes What will we do when our skies turn yellow-amber & wells run dry? What will we do when our rivers become undrinkable & fields begin to die? What will we do when many mouths lack food & just a few corporations control all supplies? At that point will we destroy ourselves & on the sands of time will our existence seem like a thin, obscure line? Carla: (coughing) This poem is too depressing! Yahui: (nodding slightly) Agreed. Most people focus on short-term profits, forgetting about long-term consequences. This is a common human cognitive bias. Carlos: (shrugging his shoulders, then sipping a glass of wine) Many possible futures exist. This poem portrays merely one of them. Reed: It' s good to remember that "civilization" is but a temporary phenomenon … the Earth will be around much longer than any of us. ===================================================================================== from Desert Chants: Hearing the Voice of the Wilderness SUMMARY: A series of questions about how to deal with possible future scenarios KEYWORDS: dystopian scenarios, eco-catastrophes, environmental disasters, post-human existence Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan ✶ Finished: 2016 in Xīn-Táiběi, Taiwan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/Desert/es.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/Desert/index.html TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH https://www.tnewfields.info/de/landschaft.htm ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/extranjero.htm FRANÇAIS https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/pfutur.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/sfukei.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/fengjing.htm