Chris Keys' Justification for Most Extreme Rankings -- Orignally 9/30 under Allison WrightChris Keys' Justification for Most Extreme Rankings The biggest threats that I assessed were Environment and InfoWar for Humans, Resource Conflict for the state, and the Global Environment. The environment is such an integral part of human life that an awful one destroys humans' ability to live in a certain area. As the world becomes more and more polluted, the quality of human life will decrease far faster than any threat of war, terror or WMDs could cause. When taken to a global scale, this could potentially mean the end of mankind. InfoWar is similarly important for humans because many, if not all, of the other categories can be swayed by it. People who don't believe in Global Warming won't care about the environment. Small children in the Middle East who grow up hearing about the wrongs of Israel and America can later perpetuate hatred by way of terrorism and warfare. Finally, resource conflict has historically lied at the core of warfare and conflict for states. As resources are depleted in the future, this could become an extremely relevant category again. The smallest threats that I assessed were terrorism for people and the globe, WMDs for people, and WMDs and InfoWar for the globe. Terrorism and WMDs are extremely unlikely to ever affect the lives of individual humans. As Dr. Der Derian has stated, the average bathroom is more dangerous than WMDs/Terrorism for the average person. Additionally, the globe is too broad a stage for terrorism to ever seriously affect its stability. The same rings true for InfoWar, as the human population is too different for all people to be truly affected by its presence. Posted by Christopher Keys on October 9, 2006 06:53 PM | Permalink « Jonah Stuart Brundage - Critique of Global Security Manifesto and Matrix | Main | Chris Keys' Manifesto Critique -- Originally 9/30 under Allison Wright » |
