Was Terrence McKenna talking about 2026 in this clip?

[Carl-Richard]

He might've been a few years off with his prediction (2012), but other than that, pretty god damn spot on.

 

Edited Monday at 06:00 PM by Carl-Richard

[Leo Gura]

If the 90s was a madhouse, that shows you how every decade feels like the end times.

The narcissism of every era.

[aurum]

There's nothing uniquely chaotic about our current times.

If anything, our times are pretty stable.

[Girzo]

@aurum There is, the elites are keenly aware of natural resources today and that scarcity of these resources is growing. 

[aurum]

4 hours ago, Girzo said:

@aurum There is, the elites are keenly aware of natural resources today and that scarcity of these resources is growing. 

Natural resources have always been scarce and worried about.

Again, nothing new. People just lack perspective.

[Girzo]

@aurum Not at this scale, the scale today is bigger than ever. The scale has been ever growing. The system is bigger and bigger, so possible crisis is bigger and bigger.

[aurum]

10 minutes ago, Girzo said:

@aurum Not at this scale, the scale today is bigger than ever. The scale has been ever growing. The system is bigger and bigger, so possible crisis is bigger and bigger.

The total scale of human civilization is somewhat new, yes.

But scale increase itself is not new. The scale is always bigger than ever.

200 years ago, the scale was bigger than ever. 

[ExploringReality]

"This is what it's like when a species is prepared to depart for the Stars"

                                - Terence McKenna