Thus The Guardian today. “Scientists say water shortages will necessitate radical steps to feed population of nine-billion expected by 2050,” elaborates the newspaper. Dire warning? Judging by its place and size, the article in question is one of the least important on offer. Nobody gives a flying fuck about such warnings any longer. To begin with, scientists are not trusted any more. More important, everyone knows that no radical steps are to be expected in the future. If there will be any, they will have to do with entertainment, instead. Bread will get cheaper, as well. How do I know? I have looked into the past performance of the human species in trouble. And the performance has been consistent for millennia. Dire warnings are for the birds.