I Gave Up On My Species
I love George Carlin. He was always my favourite comedian while I was growing up and even though this 'pile of shit' is VERY deep I have faith in the potential of the future generations.
At first I was fearful for the world, I honestly thought we were all doomed, but with the spread of information (and the future of travel) current and future generations are the ones who want to see a change in themselves and the world. They are creating jobs and opportunities that is changing themselves so drastically compared to any of the prior generations that the world (and hopefully soon the physical Earth) is already having a HUGE effect.
Because of the internet things like gay marriage, transgender rights and marijuana laws (along with many, many other great advancements in humanity) seem to just be happening where as it took decades sometimes centuries to change the opinions and views of the masses.
We are entering the New Renaissance and thankfully many of the views and opinions I have as well as my peers have been formed from the perspective of this great man. The 'prophets' of the future are our current comedians and vocal skeptics. They are the ones showing us we are in this 'circling drain', hopefully the coming generations can help us plug it before humanity is, poof, gone.