Tick Tock

The time bomb is ticking 
And no one is listening
Our future is fading 
Is there any hope we'll survive?
Still

We ravage the world that we love
And the millions cry out to be saved
Our endless maniacal appetite
Left us with another way to die

-Another Way To Die, Disturbed

Yesterday I finished reading the seventh book in the Maximum Ride series (Angel), and I've noticed two things:

1) The books get weirder and weirder as the series goes on.

2) The Doomsday Group make a good point

The Doomsday Group is the antagonist in this book, they want to save the world by killing all humans, replacing them with 'evolved' and 'enhanced' humans (genetic experiments). They believe that humans are destroying the planet and that Earth would be better off without them. On this point I have to agree with them. The genetic experiment part, not so much.

To be fair, we probably do need to evolve. We've screwed ourselves over by trying to fix everything and relying on technology. Instead of letting ourselves become naturally immune to things, we create medicines, leaving things to mutate and become immune to our medicines. Where's the logic in that?

Genetic experiments aren't the way to go though, considering we don't know what we're doing, and it's not natural evolution. Humans control enough already. Killing all humans would probably work, although domesticated animals may have a hard time. In theory anyway, I'm no psychopath, I couldn't condemn the people I love to death.

But I wonder which we'll destroy first. The planet, or ourselves.

On that note, go read the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld. Similar problem, with another unethical solution. Plus he's my favourite author.

Stay tuned for more Pathetic Tales From A Broken Doll.

xx