Too big a topic to write more than a blurb

I probably shouldn’t do this, but I’ve been spending a great deal of time thinking about the future. Not necessarily my future, but the future of the world. I don’t want this blog to be all gloom and doom; therefore, I’m going to begin with some positive thoughts.

The planet will be here for a long, long time.

The end of my positive thoughts.

Why I Care

I mostly care because I believe that young people deserve to have a home, a place where they can feel safe and secure, and a future. The way things are going lead me to believe this might not be the case. Will AI solve the world’s problems or make things worse? Will the divide between the haves and the have nots grow larger? Will the greedy ruin it for the rest? Overwhelming to say the least.

Every person, for him or her or their self, is becoming more the norm than the exception. This mentality will bring on a dystopian society I wouldn’t want to live in.

“If you don’t think about the future, you cannot have one.” ~ John Galsworthy

Climate Change

Mother Nature does mess with climate in the course of earth’s health and well-being; however, humankind messing with the timing of natural change may turn out to be our demise. This is not hyperbole, this is real and may already be in progress. Consider how many animals are now extinct; why not humans?

Climate change deniers are just that, deniers. A refusal to listen to scientists and acknowledge what is happening in real time. Making progress is impossible when you have so many people getting in the way. Eighteen months of COVID showed has how much the planet healed in a short period of time; still so many skeptics. I believe most people are fully aware and don’t care; that’s almost worse than ignorance.

Health

How long I choose to remain on earth is entirely linked to my health. If I cannot be independent and in good health, I do not want to be here. My title for this blog is 2050 — the middle of the 21st century. That is 26 years from now; if I’m still alive, I will be 90 years old. If I can still enjoy life, sleep well, eat well, and be with people I love, I’m all in. It helps that I do not fear death and I have experienced so much life already. Anything from here on out is gravy as far as I’m concerned.

I had a bug this week that knocked me on my ass. Twenty years ago I would have shaken it off. Ten years from now?

“It was never easy to look into the future, but it is possible and we should not miss our chance.” ~ Andrei Linde

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Future Travel

A couple of short local trips to Spain and parts of the Algarve coming up soon; an Iceland cruise by way of Northern Europe in May; Oslo, Norway with Paco for all of July (with visits from friends throughout the month), Krakow, Poland in October, and a much anticipated trip to the Puglia region of Italy in the spring of 2025. The United States in the fall of 2025: Brooklyn, Florida, Portland, Maine, Maryland, and North Carolina. I can now fly direct from Faro to Newark, thanks to a new United route.

State-of-Mind

Quiet week in the hood with the kids out of school; glorious.

Please excuse typographical and/or grammatical errors. I promise you they occur quite by accident.