POST NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST: Contemplating a Possible Future Scenario IMAGE: A barren planet devoid of recognizable life and with a strangely mutant cyan haze. Frida: (puzzled) I see a barren planet. . . Ying: Yeah, someday the Earth may become that way. Dmiritri: It's painful to think about what we may do to our planet. Satoru: (clearing his throat) Whimpering has no value! We live in a probabilistic universe. Not all outcomes have to happen, but given enough time in highly complex systems almost any outcome will eventually occur. ===================================================================================== from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields SUMMARY: An image of a future lifeless Earth and discussion about probabalisic futures. KEYWORDS: future earths, future scenarios, post-human evens, environmental destruction Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan ⩝ Finished: Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/pseudo.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/9.htm