Will civilization as we know it survive the next 50 years?

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Will we survive as we do now for another 50 years? Or will civilization collapse due to global warming, peak oil, nuclear warfare, deforestation, species extinction and / or perhaps a global pandemic (disease)? I'm interested to see what most think...
AKMAL if the global society we have today collapsed, human existence would be very different. Obviously we have a long way to go to be truly 'civilized', all I mean by civilization is the standards of living and global communication and transfer of goods and people we have today.
Beagle, thank you for such a well thought out and detailed answer. I think there is a good chance we will collapse, global warming is shaping up to be a huge problem that most governments and individuals have not come to terms with yet - current response to the problem is trivial compared to the global action that is required. But, assuming real action is taken very soon on climate change (which I think unlikely), I like the examples you have given, I too think the problems between rich and poor, and greatly diminished access to resources, will cause many of the problems in the future. I also often forget that the U.S will not remain the superpower for much longer... Another good point of yours - if we haven't collapsed in 50 years and this question is posed again, I wonder what the response would be...
 
Yeah, it definetly will. We are still a young species. We have only been dominant for 2000 some years. Look at the dinosaurs, they were dominant for millions. We will at least survive for another 1000 years and we will be so technologically advanced by then that there probably will be nothing that could stop us.
 
i think it will be destroyed by genetic engineering somehow.
there will be a mistake that wasnt discovered until the last minute. but then it will be too late
 
I really, really hope it does collapse. This is the most uncivilised excuse for a civilisation I can think of. We suck. I can't wait til we run out of fossil fuels, then maybe we can start again.
 
Reallyyy?? have we been civlized?? ohh when it happened??

well this 50 years is not a very duration we can live more 500 year but we will collapse because of these resources as your mentioned ok i agreed
 
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