A gloomy prognosis from Glenn K. Beaton who blogs from Aspen, hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link. About the long-term consequences of identity-based politics and social policy, Beaton concludes:
We’re on the brink of a slow-motion apocalypse. A generation or two from now, humans may live in a world where they still have access (to) amazing old machines left over from a smarter civilization, but lack the brains to make new ones or even service the old ones. A generation or two later, after all the old miracle machines have worn out, feral humans may wander the burnt-out ruins of the civilization we left them, like barbarians gawking at the wonders of Rome.
From those ruins, merit will be rise again. Because merit rewards the meritorious. In the meantime, welcome to the new Dark Ages.
It is what happens when faith replaces reason, when passions supersede practicality. And like the proverbial slow-motion train wreck, we see it coming but cannot avert it.
