C, you should also look at the stories of 'John Titor', as it is similar to what you are saying. It was probably all an invention, but a guy claimed to come from the future in America, traveling back in time to find a computer, to help with legacy computers they still need in the future, as Unix systems were no longer working in this time. Only this computer, built in 1975, could help due to its undocumented emulation features (which IBM engineers confirm exist). He answered people's questions on internet boards between 200/2001, searching for someone who could provide the computer, and lived with his mother. His world had been ravaged by civil war and a nuclear exchange, principally between America and Russia, the cause of which being partly NATO’s interference in affairs close to Russia, and the unavailability of leadership figures in American politics.
What starts off as a civil war in America turns into a global one, not least because the security guarantees offered by a stable America appear less reliable. He claimed to be from the 'countryside forces' which were fighting the Federal forces based in the big cities. So when Russia attacked, his side benefited most and came to predominate, along with their system based around communal values and personal responsibility. He said the first inkling of this would become apparent in 2004/5 around the time of presidential elections, in which something would go wrong. Apparently he copied all the ideas from a book by Pat Frank called 'Alas, Babylon'- though some of his predictions have come true.
I made the mistake of showing AJ all about this a while back and he said- 'It's all coming true, I'm going to spend all my money and do everything I want now' or something and it took a while to calm him down, not so much by saying it was all a hoax, as by saying that many futures are possible and this is one possible one. But, he does have an entertaining story, and also he shows a way for his future society recovering after war to be a place where people are happier and have more self-respect. Much of the danger has past, while we are, as you yourself put it, 'on the brink'.
Yet for me this is another possible future, based on the self-organising nature of society. If we cannot return to decent values (which I concede are lacking in our world, especially due to money-obsessed corporations disrupting social cohesion), then perhaps in a kind of 'mass suicide' the world will afflict itself with a massive war or wars, to have the chance to begin again, and this time do it 'right'. I disagree strongly with the corporate, profit-base ethic as I think it shortsighted- life is about values, not just being 'top dog'. The best man is the most decent one, not necessarily the one in the best position (though ideally they would be one and the same, with the best people at the top). Socialism is deeply flawed as it tries to force people to be good, which is unnatural, as people can only be good from the warmth of their hearts.
So we have a definite choice as a world- either increase our practice of decent values and thereby use our technology wisely, or give in to hubris and self-centered egotism, and it will be the means of our destruction. I really think we need to make a society where people's creativity is valued more, where people are much happier. To me, that's the point we are at now, and the great thing about our world is that if a society gets really corrupt it simply destroys itself, so life can continue without being stuck in a rut.
You should check these out for more on John Titor -
http://www.fact-index.com/j/jo/john_titor.html
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/John%20Titor
http://www.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=9
Of course, I don't necessarily agree with anything said here, but it is very interesting. Also, people who investigate the story of John Titor tend to have interesting coincidences in their life. In my case it seems connected with my present job- just when I was reading about Titor the phone rang with the offer- and the guy ringing used to work for the IBM supercomputer division in Japan, and has an MA in physics and knows about particle accelerators, etc- all intimately connected with the Titor story.
On another, personal point, I'm fortunate in the fact that I have had glimpses of possible futures- which I consider to be part of the 'living future' existing concurrently with our time, in which wonderful advances have taken place, and society is both far more advanced technologically (cars run on helium, etc) and also has a lot more time for religious speculation and the spiritual side of life. I have met many people living there, and for me they are every bit as real as people living now. For my part, I will do whatever I can to make it 'come true' in our dimension, for which purpose I was probably allowed such prophetic glimpses of vision. So next time Christian fundamentalists talk to you about Biblical prophecy remember that they may well be preserving the records of great time-travelers who lived long ago-m and that there may be more validity to those records than their non-technical form of expression might indicate. It's the ultimate literature!
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