what's next

So let's imagine you have read:

Non fiction
Guns Germs and Steel, and Collapse by Jared Diamond
A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
Fieldnotes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunshine by Thom Hartmann
Civilisation by Kenneth Clark
God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
Confessions of An Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal
Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
The Zero Sum Society by Lester C. Thurow
Limits to Growth , The: The 30-Year Update by Dennis Meadows
The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter
Making a Killing by Madelaine Drohan
Plan B by Lester Brown
The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico by Bernal Diaz

Fiction
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Dune by Frank Herbert
No Blade of Grass by John Christopher
Make Room Make Room by Harry Harrison (the book from which springs
Soylent Green)

What would your conclusions be?

Perhaps you might conclude:

if you are evil then launch nuclear strikes against every population
centre with greater than 5 million people

if you are pragmatic, selfish and love power then you might get a degree
and join the army as an officer

if you are pragmatic, selfish and love money then you might invest in
water, railroads, soybeans and weapons

if you are a secular humanist you might get a degree as a doctor

if you are pragmatic and compassionate god might reveal his plan for his
people to you

if you are pragmatic and honest you might become a green politician that
doesn't get elected

if you are curious and academic you might study and publish books about
civilisation collapse

if you are pragmatic and nihilistic you might accept that evolution has brought us here and only evolution can save us

if you are me you might post blogs and accept that evolution has bred bullies for fame, power and greed only too well

if you are compassionate and a programmer you might make a dashboard for the world health index allowing people to get daily updates on the planet

if you are a multi naitonal publicly traded company you might be changing the world but no memory of having done it

if you are in love you might love all the more fiercely and passionately knowing so little time is left.