The Autism Deception.

Thanks for this interesting thread Mr Creature. I agree with much of what you say if not with the same depth of feeling you express. I too despair with the direction humanity seems to be going in today.

Greed (even disguised as aspiration) has become the norm it seems as all too evident in many areas of society.

Planet Earth cannot continue to provide the resources needed to sustain the greed of the human race so eventually she will fight back and punish us for misbehaving in that way.

I reccomend "The Revenge of Gaia" by prof James Lovelock (1996) for an excellent description of the facts around this discussion.

He advises "a managed retreat" rather than uncontrolled and unsustainable growth as the only solution if we are to avoid disaster. Sadly current populist opinion as demonstrated by the election of Trump and the Brexit vote shows no one is listening or are perhaps just ignorant of the facts. Indeed understanding about this has only come about in the last 20/30 years. Pollution and climate change are now very obvious.

As to whether Aspies or Neuros understand this better I am not sure either way but what I do know is most humans are too preoccupied with the minor details of their individual lives to see the bigger picture and so cannot see what needs to be done about it.

Stephen I agree the term benign dictatorship is ambiguous. I can see the merit of Meridiana's point however in that if we fail to understand the error of our ways we may have to be directed in the right direction even if that means some loss of freedom to do as we please.

Prof Lovelock concludes there are way too many humans on this planet and I agree with him, but how to correct that is very difficult to address especially by politicians.

The arguably benign dictatorship in China tried a one child policy to correct their booming population but have since rescinded that due to unforseen effects.

Not sure if any other method would work better. Hence my pessimism.

Take care, Laddie.

Thanks for this interesting thread Mr Creature. I agree with much of what you say if not with the same depth of feeling you express. I too despair with the direction humanity seems to be going in today.

Greed (even disguised as aspiration) has become the norm it seems as all too evident in many areas of society.

Planet Earth cannot continue to provide the resources needed to sustain the greed of the human race so eventually she will fight back and punish us for misbehaving in that way.

I reccomend "The Revenge of Gaia" by prof James Lovelock (1996) for an excellent description of the facts around this discussion.

He advises "a managed retreat" rather than uncontrolled and unsustainable growth as the only solution if we are to avoid disaster. Sadly current populist opinion as demonstrated by the election of Trump and the Brexit vote shows no one is listening or are perhaps just ignorant of the facts. Indeed understanding about this has only come about in the last 20/30 years. Pollution and climate change are now very obvious.

As to whether Aspies or Neuros understand this better I am not sure either way but what I do know is most humans are too preoccupied with the minor details of their individual lives to see the bigger picture and so cannot see what needs to be done about it.

Stephen I agree the term benign dictatorship is ambiguous. I can see the merit of Meridiana's point however in that if we fail to understand the error of our ways we may have to be directed in the right direction even if that means some loss of freedom to do as we please.

Prof Lovelock concludes there are way too many humans on this planet and I agree with him, but how to correct that is very difficult to address especially by politicians.

The arguably benign dictatorship in China tried a one child policy to correct their booming population but have since rescinded that due to unforseen effects.

Not sure if any other method would work better. Hence my pessimism.

Take care, Laddie.