Originally Posted by shoot twice

You're going to hear /read all kinds of opinions on this and to be honest no one knows how any of this will finish. However nations rise and fall; species eventually go extinct and in the end everything eventually comes to an end. So the United States will eventually collapse and one day humanity will go the way of the dinosaur.

But in the mean time if you're wrestling with this concept of progress you should start by asking yourself

1) What is progress?
Is it putting an end to illiteracy, world hunger, racism, war, etc? OR is it a stupid Iphone, 3D printing or a driverless car?

2) Who's in charge of deciding what is or isn't progress and why them?
No one ever asked you what you think and in fact it's the opposite they tell you what to think.

3) Where is all this "progress" going?
After all what's the end goal to this? Is it to create a happier, more stable and more peaceful world or is it just for financial profit?