Possibility in response to the "Tigers"

I am a man of faith and one of reason. I, like John, view technology as a tool to assist man, not one to govern.

Douglas has eloquently outlined a path for our future, as eloquently as any could imagine the extinction of homo sapiens to be that is, but, I do not agree with such a one-way street.

As I stated I am a man of faith, which for me signifies that I have to believe in possibilities. Thus I shall search for reason behind such an assertion of optimism. My analysis of Doug's flowchart is that the "stratification of society" should be at the top of the chart then "innovation" stemming from the rich side and "resource depletion" appearing twice branching from innovation, as well as from the poor column.

In my version of the chart I would also see other streams flowing from innovation such as "intended consequences" which would imply we, as human, would develop technology that would help solve the problems we design them for. Furthermore, what about the beneficial "unintended consequences," many great inventions have been stumbled upon by mistake.

Even as a self declared water conservationist I see hope in our abilities to already create more from less, who's to say this trend won't continue?