tens of thousands of years of human existence and our species has moved from acting like children to acting like teenagers; on the verge of hitting the mile-mark of adulthood and responsibility. Of course, that 'verge' in the corresponding context of human aging terms applied to tens of thousands of years could very well take 100's of years to complete.

But that's not accounting for human nature and events already in motion. The majority has dictated terms for ages and the majority of people have always been childish in character and unwilling to shoulder responsibilities they should so long as they're able to blame others who do when the decisions turn out poorly.

We may have made staggering changes since the Dark Ages, but basics remain the same. People are getting bored, and worse yet, many people aren't getting bored but are getting thrown into desperate situations that cause them to act out in ways that they shouldn't. The people in charge react in ways that they shouldn't and the combining mixture of those two things with the boredom of most becomes very volatile, because those bored people awaiting any adventure to come their way have finally found a cause they can fight for; and fight they shall.

I believe that within the next ten to twenty years, the world will become witness to a global civil war. Some would call it a civil war and some would call it a world war; it would stem in different countries at different times, but would converge to encompass everything, so both would be right, but limited in their ability to correctly sum up events. Global Civil War; as human fights human for freedom at the same time protecting themselves from other attack.

On top of that, we're moving into a season of extreme disasters that could last anywhere from 10's to 100's of years; caused not by global warming but by changing atmospheric conditions due to passing space rocks; those passing through our atmosphere and out AND those that actually hit; along with the fact that our moon has an oval axis of revolutions around our planet; creating a shift in tides that is unnoticed too normal observation over a period of years; but able to be observed over the passing of 1000's of years.

All of this is causing polar ice caps to shift and more, which in turn is causing flooding, earthquakes, etc. as large plates shift and more are created.

This war; mixed with the accumulating need for survival against both elements and each other; will catapult mankinds accumulative consciousness the rest of the way it needs to start accepting the actual terms of life instead of attempting to dictate our own. I believe that all of these events combined will be the wake up call that our species needs to pull head from ass and realize quite a few things that our species as a whole needs to realize.

And, once we get that information spread out to their children and their childrens children, then the future of our planet becomes so much brighter. Instead of passing along bad habits and horrible negativity; people would be able to pass along the right traits of strength and confidence and compassion; honor and justice and love; much more readily. I believe that the next 10-20 years will define not just our own species and planet; but quite a bit more as well; stuff that we can only fail to understand being so limited in what we perceive.