"Human life is not sustainable...when you look at human life on this planet, we are not sustainable. Trilobites died out, dinosaurs died out. Life on our planet has been a constant series of cataclysmic events, and we are more suitable for extinction than a trilobite or a reptile. So we will vanish. There's no doubt in my heart." ~ Werner Herzog on death, danger, and the end of the world.
One of the greatest directors of New German Cinema, Werner Herzog talks to the Guardian about his death row documentary "Into the Abyss" -- soon to be released on DVD -- "a gaze into the abyss of the human soul"... "If we perish I want to see what's coming at me, and if we survive, I want to see it as well." http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/14/werner-herzog-into-the-abyss
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| Werner Herzog photograph: Thomas Rabsch |
More information on Herzog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog
"Microbes can come and wipe us out. It can happen fast. Avian virus or mad cow disease, you name it. Microbes are really after us. Or a cataclysmic volcanic eruption which would darken the skies for 10 years – that's gonna be real trouble. Or a meteorite hitting us, or something man-made. I don't believe we'll see a nuclear holocaust but there are quite a few scenarios out there."
What about a good-old fashioned breakdown of society? "You mean anarchy and cannibalism? Yes but there would be survivors. Maybe 10% would survive, enough to replenish the species. I'm talking about total extinction. We are not sustainable."
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