The Future Of Humanity

CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Will traditional people remain?</div> So yea i was thinking.
In the Americas, Europe, Aisa, Africa, and Austrailia you can find many people who choose to / or still live in a more "traditional way" Im just referring to the native peoples from tribes in Africa, Australia, the Pacific Islands, American Amish people, Alaskin Native Americans, etc.

Some of these people have little or no contact with the rest of "modern" society due to their remote locations or whatever. The still use spears or blow guns to get food and more "non standard (by our standards) medical and cultural practices.

Others like the American Amish choose to live without cars, computers etc. They still get around with horses.

These people have awsome heritages and societies. With a strong role in our own historical societies as well.
Even though they are still around and living with the passage of time do you think they will continue be around into the coming centuries or will they be gobbled up by our mainstream technology driven societies?
Will they have to adapt and make some changes to keep going, no changes at all, what do u think?

Comments

  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    I'm going out in a minute so i'm going to be brief. No. I doubt very much come a hundred years that many of these "primitive" (to us at least) cultures will still exist. In practice that is.

    This is truely sad, while their cultural ideals and traditions will remain strong, the pressure applied by the "Western World" will become so great they will tumble. I hate this idea, but this is evolution, this is progression of the world. Especially with super powers like the US setting out to dominate less powerful nations.
  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    even if they weren't caught in the flow of the more major world powers, they would evolve eventually.

    Oh, a side note, did you know truly blond haired people are dying out? In something like 10-15 years, there will be no more blond people being born!
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--X_Stickman+Jun 21 2003, 04:01 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X_Stickman @ Jun 21 2003, 04:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Oh, a side note, did you know truly blond haired people are dying out? In something like 10-15 years, there will be no more blond people being born! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yea Im guessing thats b/c of all the lighter haired people "mating" with the darker haired ones. So the darker hair gene is more dominant over the lighter ones. Same with eye and skin color.

    I mean . Look at all the people in Zion lol. Like 90% of them are dark haired tan skinned.
  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    I'm blond and my hair pwnz j00!1!@#
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cpl.Davis+Jun 21 2003, 11:14 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Jun 21 2003, 11:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> yea Im guessing thats b/c of all the lighter haired people "mating" with the darker haired ones. So the darker hair gene is more dominant over the lighter ones. Same with eye and skin color.

    I mean . Look at all the people in Zion lol. Like 90% of them are dark haired tan skinned. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    In THAT case, blondes will still reign supreme for quite some time in scandinavia (which is all I really care about). We are blond, we like being blond, and our girls look JUST fine with blond hair. Why would we want to mate with dark-haired people when we can have blondes? No thanks. You can be jealous if you like. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    edited June 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Cpl.Davis+Jun 21 2003, 04:14 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Jun 21 2003, 04:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I mean . Look at all the people in Zion lol. Like 90% of them are dark haired tan skinned. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->which doesn't make any sense since they're all born artificial <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In THAT case, blondes will still reign supreme for quite some time in scandinavia (which is all I really care about). We are blond, we like being blond, and our girls look JUST fine with blond hair. Why would we want to mate with dark-haired people when we can have blondes? No thanks. You can be jealous if you like. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->i don't......have blond hair - mine's black since my dad is from Greenland - AARRRGG!!! I EAT BLUBBER!!!!! well i don't but some greenlanders do :/
  • BlaqWolfBlaqWolf Join Date: 2002-10-28 Member: 1667Members
    bah...

    in 100 years the amish will be playing n64 and driving model Ts....

    robot slaves will be the devil <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin--BlaqWolf+Jun 21 2003, 07:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlaqWolf @ Jun 21 2003, 07:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> bah...

    in 100 years the amish will be playing n64 and driving model Ts.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Which, in <i>that</i> time, will be considered ridiculously primitive.
  • AegeriAegeri Join Date: 2003-02-13 Member: 13486Members
    We will probably get to the point where the lack of natural selection on human beings finally bites us on the ****. Definitely a catastrophic virus or bacterial infection that ravages 90% of the human race in a matter of weeks. Those remaining that are resistant will be forced to rebuild the human race all over again as everyone else dies of the disease. Those left will be genetically weeded out and we'll start all the way back at square one again.

    It is only a matter of time, and air travel will damn us all within hours.
  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--lolfighter+Jun 21 2003, 08:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jun 21 2003, 08:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Cpl.Davis+Jun 21 2003, 11:14 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cpl.Davis @ Jun 21 2003, 11:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> yea Im guessing thats b/c of all the lighter haired people "mating" with the darker haired ones. So the darker hair gene is more dominant over the lighter ones. Same with eye and skin color.

    I mean . Look at all the people in Zion lol. Like 90% of them are dark haired tan skinned. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    In THAT case, blondes will still reign supreme for quite some time in scandinavia (which is all I really care about). We are blond, we like being blond, and our girls look JUST fine with blond hair. Why would we want to mate with dark-haired people when we can have blondes? No thanks. You can be jealous if you like. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    hmm... jennifer connely (sp?) is a brunette.

    and she is EXTREMELY hot.

    like, if you took "hot" and multiplied it times 20^3

    on a scale of one to ten

    she would be an "extremely" hot.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Aegeri+Jun 22 2003, 05:48 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aegeri @ Jun 22 2003, 05:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->We will probably get to the point where the lack of natural selection on human beings finally bites us on the ****. Definitely a catastrophic virus or bacterial infection that ravages 90% of the human race in a matter of weeks. Those remaining that are resistant will be forced to rebuild the human race all over again as everyone else dies of the disease. Those left will be genetically weeded out and we'll start all the way back at square one again.

    It is only a matter of time, and air travel will damn us all within hours.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    SARS is just a prestage! Weh are all teh d00md! Teh stupit wiil die all! Oh no, lork at mi, I em goink to die! AAAH!

    IF we manage to kill ourselves, it is because of a political mistake. The Peter principle dictates that the probability of incompetence grows with rank, and as such, politicians, the most powerful people in any country (save businessmen), are thus also the most incompetent. Given all the blunders even normal people make, an apocalyptic mistake is only a matter of time.
    "Gee, I wonder if this "big red button" REALLY works the way they say..."
  • HawkeyeHawkeye Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1855Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jin-Roh+Jun 22 2003, 06:31 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jin-Roh @ Jun 22 2003, 06:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> hmm... jennifer connely (sp?) is a brunette.

    and she is EXTREMELY hot.

    like, if you took "hot" and multiplied it times 20^3

    on a scale of one to ten

    she would be an "extremely" hot. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You wanna talk about hot brunettes? Jessica Alba. Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • AegeriAegeri Join Date: 2003-02-13 Member: 13486Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--lolfighter+Jun 22 2003, 09:21 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jun 22 2003, 09:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Aegeri+Jun 22 2003, 05:48 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aegeri @ Jun 22 2003, 05:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->We will probably get to the point where the lack of natural selection on human beings finally bites us on the ****. Definitely a catastrophic virus or bacterial infection that ravages 90% of the human race in a matter of weeks. Those remaining that are resistant will be forced to rebuild the human race all over again as everyone else dies of the disease. Those left will be genetically weeded out and we'll start all the way back at square one again.

    It is only a matter of time, and air travel will damn us all within hours.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    SARS is just a prestage! Weh are all teh d00md! Teh stupit wiil die all! Oh no, lork at mi, I em goink to die! AAAH!

    IF we manage to kill ourselves, it is because of a political mistake. The Peter principle dictates that the probability of incompetence grows with rank, and as such, politicians, the most powerful people in any country (save businessmen), are thus also the most incompetent. Given all the blunders even normal people make, an apocalyptic mistake is only a matter of time.
    "Gee, I wonder if this "big red button" REALLY works the way they say..." <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Sars is overrated. Actually, influenza is still worse and nothing has matched the 1918 influenza pandemic in recent memory.

    We are getting close however to another major outbreak, but it depends on where it comes from (They typically emerge from China).

    I agree though with the rest of what you said, it is equally as likely <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> I can just imagine some idiot leader declaring war on the wrong person. All it would take is one ICBM and the entire world would go under.

    Ahhh we're such a wonderful species with the amount of potential ways for us to bring about our own apocalypse.
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