Conquering Looming Catastrophes

WE SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING a bit of Global Ebola apathy, or it is merely fear? Finally, Obama and the Americans, with their immense resources, are sending help, just in the nick of time, perhaps. If one of these microbiological assaults ever gets out of hand, the human race might be rendered nearly extinct. One can argue about whether this would be a good thing, but the threat is always lurking, according to biology teachers, and thus the need for homo sapienic cooperation, across all continents, borders, races, and religious affiliations. We as a species might be in dire straits. Asteroids go flying past us every day, and sooner or later a big one is bound to hit. And can you imagine the work it will take to move most of the world's population safely inland? There is an institution, headquartered in Washington D.C. of course, called "The World Bank", and its purpose, as stated at its creation in 1946, is to promote economic prosperity and eliminate poverty worldwide. Instead, particularly lately, it seems more interested in promoting money making schemes for huge corporations, disguised as economic aid programs. Shouldn't it be saving money; a big bank account owned by the human race, to help pay for the rising oceans and aging human population, among other looming catastrophes? All this will require planning, cooperation, and very hard dirty handed work. And assuming we eventually conquer the Ebola virus, there'll be enough of us around to get it all done.