By Peccei
A trenchant own assertion through the founding father of the membership of Rome which expresses the idea that even supposing the area is in a kingdom of challenge, mankind can nonetheless evade catastrophe and construct an appropriate destiny through the clever use of our usual and human assets
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T h e s e will p r o b a b l y b e set off in t h e F o u r t h W o r l d , c o m p r i s e d of t h e n a t i o n s of t h e p o o r e s t of t h e p o o r . T h e r e , o r s o m e w h e r e else, y o u n g p e o p l e will rise in revolt, refusing t o a c c e p t a fate of h o p e l e s s p o v e r t y while p e o p l e in t h e d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r i e s c o n t i n u e t o live in c o m p a r a t i v e affluence. O n e n e e d n o t be a p r o p h e t t o i m a g i n e t h a t e v e n t s of this k i n d will c o m e t o p a s s ; t h a t t h e y will trigger off c o m p l e x a n d v i o l e n t crises in w h i c h t h e m o s t m o d e r n w e a p o n s will b e e m p l o y e d — w e a p o n s t h a t t h e i n d u s t r i a l n a t i o n s s u p p l y t o t h e p o o r c o u n t r i e s t o use t h e m as t o o l s in t h e i r p o w e r struggles; a n d finally, t h a t t h e s e crises will s p r e a d f r o m o n e r e g i o n t o a n o t h e r like wildfire.
F r o m t h e p o i n t of view of t h e e v o l u t i o n a r y p r o c e s s , h o w e v e r , we a r e f u n d a m e n t a l l y different, for o u r e v o l u t i o n h a s b e e n , is, a n d m u s t c o n t i n u e t o b e an essentially cultural evolution. F r o m t h e d a w n of h u m a n e x i s t e n c e , p r o b a b l y b e i n g u n s u r e of o u r n a t u r a l c a p a c i t y t o a d a p t b i o l o g i c a l l y in o r d e r t o s u r v i v e , we c a m e t o rely m o r e a n d m o r e o n o u r i n t e l l e c t u a l a n d t e c h n i c a l r e s o u r c e s .
A d a p t e d from Facts and Trends, prepared by the Center for Integrative Studies, 1979, (c) M a g d a M c H a l e . 37 38 O n e H u n d r e d Pages for the Future Contrasting Population Profiles The gap dividing the world into t w o large g r o u p s will inevitably widen further. The differences in age, in number, and structure of the p o p u l a t i o n leave n o d o u b t that tensions in the world will increase. Source: The Global 2000 Report to the President, Study Director, Gerald O. Barney, U .