2007-03-03 03:37:28 · 11 answers · asked by Diva 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
honestly?? yes...
there really is no hope for mankind. we kep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. It's only a matter of time before the next Cold War/ nuclear arms race. and next time will probably be worse
2007-03-03 03:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by Liz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No I am not afraid of the future ,about the past I learned history from books and civilization as learned not to repeat the mistakes made in the past, but been humans new ones are been made.
The only thing that concerns me is global warming that is going to have an impact on the next generation more then mine the only thing that I can do is to do my best on doing my share of preventing a disaster from happening but alone I cannot accomplish much !
2007-03-03 04:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by bornfree 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question depends on whether history is cyclical and thus repeating and repeating ... ad infinitum; or is history linear and the culmination of preceding events that we or a supreme being can change. That assumes a lot. I guess time will tell.
I try to be optimistic as the alternative is to be negative, and that really cannot improve things. Some times it's harder to be optimistic than negative, but I guess people are as happy as they want to be; if they are on the right meds.
2007-03-03 04:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way yes. In a way no.
We will repeat history in modern times, but unless you read about history you wont know that. World War 3 is coming whether you want it to or not. I believe this next war is about religion. I am afraid because I know what is coming. It will be horrifying. There won't be words to describe it. I am not afraid because God will come back and save His believers.
2007-03-03 03:56:07 · answer #4 · answered by cgi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our history shows a more and more economically divided world and an increasing ability to blow up the planet.
The ones with the power are more human but less tolerant to the needs of the lower; if there is ever a dramatic shift in world power there will be hell.
2007-03-03 03:43:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the contrary, history gives us some clues to guess the likely future.... we are simply afraid of the future because of uncertainty.... the fear of the unknown.
2007-03-03 04:06:05 · answer #6 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't exist in the 'what-if' world...so, I don't speculate a lot on the future. We learn more from history. Never afraid to learn.
2007-03-04 14:31:30 · answer #7 · answered by missellie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Because if we learn lessons from history we should be able to improve the future.
2007-03-05 10:41:05 · answer #8 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i fear not the past for it is gone and i fear not the future for it is not promised i concern myself with the present as it take all my efforts to do that properly .
2007-03-03 04:46:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I have a naive belief that we do learn from the past
2007-03-03 11:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by al b 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋