Čovječanstvo u sjeni sudnjega dana
Humanity in the Shadow of Judgment Day

Summary/Abstract: This essay points to one of the fundamental dangers to planet Earth, which stems from the essential difference between the potential once available to humanity and what it disposes of now. The author points out that from the creation of the first man to the recent past, humanity, with everything it had at its disposal, could not destroy itself, it could not grow into an immediate threat to itself and did not have the capacity to question its survival. A single difference separates our present humanity from all other past and ancient editions of humanity — today's humanity is able to destroy itself, it is able to mark the end for itself, and even – in sporting terms – “the final whistle” of the planet Earth itself and all the forms of life on it. This is precisely why we can designate to these eight billion people, who make up today's humanity, as "Humanity in the Shadow of the Judgment Day." For several decades, this very humanity has been the most dangerous mantle around the Earth. Today it is hardly possible to describe all the destructive aspects of humanity towards planet Earth itself, towards its eco-systems, towards humanity itself as such, towards the flora and fauna of the Earth. And the author highlights several characteristics that today, as terrible morbid states, mark humanity: no going back to less, no going back to slower, no going back to the more harmless. In these circumstances, it is unlikely that planet Earth will survive, because today humanity is losing Nature just as it once lost Paradise.

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