Of course there's no way you could actually know this perhaps, but assume for the sake of argument that somehow you KNEW beyond a shadow of a doubt that the planet Earth (and the entire human race) were going to be destroyed a century for now. Would this effect your life? Would you still have children, worry about global warming, etcetera? What, if anything would you do differently?
2006-07-31 08:37:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No, nothing would change because I don't plan on being here then anyway.
2006-07-31 08:43:04 · answer #1 · answered by mandp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My world will end much earlier than 100 years from now. I will probably be doing extremely well to get half of that.
If I could have done anything differently I would have. If you're talking about the mythical "go back and start over *knowing what I know now*" then yes, I'd do a lot of things differently, chiefly being I'd have studied a lot harder, I'd have saved a lot more, I'd have done without friends to get more important things rather than sacrificing my beliefs or time or my $$$ trying to get and keep friends (not worth it; those kind of "friends" don't last so you're just getting a temporary emotional fix and the price is too high) Things I wouldn't change: no booze, no drugs, no sex. I was strict and avoided all three; looking back now, having a clear mind, and healthy, undiseased body and no financial or mental liabilities is absolutely priceless.
2006-07-31 15:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by Wandering Farmer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I wouldn't be alive in a 100 years anyhow and I don't plan to have children, I don't think it would make a very big difference. If I had been planning to have children, it would probably cause me to change my mind. I wouldn't want my descendants to deal with having their years on earth counted. It's better not to know when your time is come, most of the time. And yeah, global warming wouldn't seem like such a big deal.
2006-07-31 15:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no possibility of a change, nothing I do is going to prevent the collapse, anyway. I'd doubt it before having children, though, but apart from that it wouldn't change MY life. I'm 35, so there's no chance I'll be alive in 100 years.
2006-07-31 15:41:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because the average human life span isn't 100 years so I know that I wouldn't be here for it. no matter when your life would end or the whole world for that matter, I think what's important and essential should stay that way until the end of time. Iwouldn't do anything different.
2006-07-31 15:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by shidaboo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I wouldn't worry about it too much since I'd be dead way before the end comes. If I was planning on having children I'd still do it, because more than likely they won't live to see the end either.
My kids would have to make up their own minds if they wanted to have kids of their own, who would live to see the end.
2006-07-31 15:42:20 · answer #6 · answered by zippychippy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No most of us will be dead in 100 years. If I knew it was going to end in a few months??? Yes....I would quit my job....start traveling around the world with my friends...and do more drugs.
2006-07-31 15:40:28 · answer #7 · answered by scarletbegonias9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would probably not have more than 1-2 children and would most likely try to help figure out how to stop whatever was going to happen from happening.
2006-07-31 15:40:26 · answer #8 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES because the way i am living my life is bad. i would change everything i have done. i know i will be dead by then but for as long as i am alive i would make my life more fun. spend more time with the people i love.
2006-07-31 15:44:58 · answer #9 · answered by SAMANTHA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'll most likely be dead in 100 years, so I wouldn't see any point in changing anything because of that.
2006-07-31 15:50:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess I wouldn't worry about the environment, if I was positive it was going to be gone in 100 years.
2006-07-31 15:41:03 · answer #11 · answered by Davie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋