What factor or attributes that will change or transform modern civilization?

Question

Its natural disaster such as biggest volcano eruption that will happen at Danau Toba Indonesia it will have an effect the whole world or nuclear war.

Answer 1

I believe the biggest threat our civilization faces today is coming on us hard and fast and itsn't one hit events like natural disasters but the fact that many scientists believe that the human poppulation has exceeded the carrying capacity of the earth and that supply models like Peak Oil show we are going to be running out of crucial natural resources in a short period of time.

In short... we're running out of oil and most "modern" countries have less than 2% of the population feeding the other 98% on factory farms completely dependent on oil.

Read this:

http://lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/

This:

http://www.dieoff.org/

And this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil

Answer 2

Unlike the previous response, I don't feel as though the world is in trouble because of its population size. With science improving every single day, I think we will be able to meet the demands of the population. However, getting help to the people that actually need it (Africa, parts of Asia, parts of S. America), will be the true challenge. Politics, war, and many other variables that can cause problems in this department. I think within the next 10-15 years, an alternate fuel source will be in the mainstream, and our dependence on oil will slowly decline.

We are going to be alright.

Andy

Answer 3

In my opinion, the natural disasters are the medium through which nature reacts to man's wrongs on it. When there was an earth quake in a province in India, Gandhi said that it is an expression of anger of God and he wanted the people to pray God to atone for their sins. Nehru, who was in jail, expressed his outrage at this obscurantism of Gandhi. I am convinced that man has to live in harmony with nature. Modern civilisation is taking too much from out of nature, more than what it gives. Over exploitation of nature will render him helpless in the long run. The disastrous consequences of man's excesses on nature are already visible in the form of tsunamis, volcano eruptions, over heating of the universe etc. It is high time that men, regardless of national , religious barriers came together to arrest the downward slide in the civilisation.

Answer 4

I agree with Andy that a new alternative fuel source
made readily available to a majority of the public, cheaply and efficiently, could catalyze a new industrial revolution

helping to make a larger portion of the general population self
sufficient is another challenge, I don't think throwing money at the problem, will necessarily help.

the biggest mystery that needs to be solved is how do you get people to co-exist without the need to fight, kill and exploit each other