Many, maybe too many, people are apathetic about how vulnerable humans are living on this little ball called Earth. The Earth will become uninhabitable for humans someday from terrestrial or astronomical threats (which are sometimes completely ignored in political circles). This is not an "if" thing; it is inevitible in spite of preservation efforts unless there is an intervention beforehand.

There are three possible scenarios as I see it--intervention (divine or otherwise), preservation (which will ultimately fail) and expansion (the only viable alternative short of an intervention but must be supported by preservation in the interim.)

My book, Is There Time?, deals with these three approaches. Whether a person is Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist or Toa makes little difference if an Extinction Level Event (ELE) happens before an intervention, divine or not. I suspect that a divine entity would want us to use our wonderful brains to ensure human survival. As Ben Franklin said in 1757, "God helps those who help themselves."

Here are the opening two paragraphs: "

"People have visions of the future. Some are modest; others are grand; a few are bleak; more than a few conflict. Collectively, as social units (families, classes, schools, churches, towns, nations or any other groupings you may imagine), we have visions and even missions, but what about humanity, the species as a whole? How do our separate visions for the future integrate into a comprehensive, coherent vision for humanity?

Wrestling with that problem stirred my planning juices and forced me to ask: Where is the strategic plan for humanity? Answer: It doesn't really exist. Challenge: If one were to create a single, undeniable vision for humanity, what might it look like?"

I take that challenge.

-D. R. Prescott, 2008 @ Orange, CA