Don't Look

and
You Will Find
a survival guide
for the end of the world
sg micheal, 14/MAR/2010

The subtitle of this booklet-essay implies/assumes there is an end to this world. The end of which
I write about is not the end of Revelations but one purely of our own doing. For if a magnitude
10 earthquake hit a major city dead center, our fatal fault would be lack of preparedness. We
most certainly will receive damages from disasters with which we cannot cope.

We've seen indicators of things to come: the pacific tsunami, the Chilean tsunami, the Haitian
earthquake,.. The devastation from hurricanes/cyclones to come will make those that occurred in
South Florida look like tropical storms.

There will be those who question my authoritativeness. What makes me an authority on the
subject is my training and experiences in statistical analysis, reliability/systems analysis, and
failure analysis. It is well understood and accepted in the industry that both shuttle disasters were
avoidable if we simply adhered to a reliability framework conscientiously. Similarly, we could
mitigate the consequences of coming disasters mentioned above by preparing commensurately.

But we never prepare commensurately.

Why prepare for the end of the world? We cannot stop it; we might as well just let it happen and
deal with it later - that's worked for everything before..

But it is that exact attitude which will dictate our doom.

So instead of trying to tell authority how to spend money to prepare for upcoming global
disasters, which they would ignore anyways, I write this booklet for the 'common human' which
most certainly needs a survival guide for what many consider our end times.

Having formal training in statistical analysis, being a concerned observer of recent times of
human events, considering historical events, and putting all that into a reliability framework
assures me we simply won't be able to cope with global impacting disasters in the near future.
I'm not saying there will be a cyclone which will wipe away half of Asia, but I am saying there
will be regional disasters which will progressively strain our recovery systems - to the point of
catastrophic collapse of those very systems. In a nutshell, we will not be able to recover from the
sequence of disasters which will be the end of our world as we know it.

How can the 'common human' survive this doom? I have a few suggestions..

Very soon, you may find yourself homeless or without capacity to feed your own family. What
should we do? Claw at each other for the remaining scarce resources like rats in a cage? In that
event, I'd rather you make a clean shot to my temple to avoid the confrontation - yes, I'd rather
die than struggle for resources with no human dignity. What's the 'secret adage' in that scenario?
Avoid confrontations. Don't piss off anybody who could easily torture/kill you later. If your
primary goal is survival, you should be willing to humiliate yourself appropriately so that the
individuals concerned will ignore you as trivial and not worth bothering about..

In other words, if you find yourself in a situation where the 'enemy' is threatening you, simply
get on the ground and start worshiping them: make several bows right to the ground to their feet.
If that does not appear to work, if they start pointing their gun at your head and appear as if they
will shoot you, if it appears you may have a chance to grab their gun and turn it on them, do it
but don't miss. Make a clean lethal shot to the head and to be safe, shoot again.

If all of this turns your stomach or you feel incapable of taking another's life, maybe it will be
easier for you to pretend this is the best of all possible worlds and just go about your regular
business as if nothing could end this way of life. But realize that you will be fair game / fodder
for those crazies of which there will be an abundant amount when things go out of control -
which brings me to my next piece of advice.

Don't make yourself a target: remove all jewelry, cover all tattoos*, present yourself reservedly,
slouch, look like a loser, make yourself as unattractive as possible,.. Get my drift? If you're a
target, whether materially or sexually, you will be pursued. That is a guarantee. You will be
pursued and your materials taken or you will be raped or both. This is regardless of your sex or
intrinsic level of attractiveness. In the chaos to come, we will all be targets regardless of our race,
sexual orientation, or any other presently divisive criteria. You see, social madness levels the
playing field: the elite of this world will not be able to protect themselves with stone walls or
security fences.. We will all be targets - the elite even more so.. It's all going down and our
compulsions, addictions, tendencies,.. - will all be bare-naked, on display, and thrust into each
other's faces.

I have to caution you at this point: even if you follow my advice, there are some which will be
raped anyways just because the attacker finds you personally appealing or perhaps you remind
them of someone they could not have in this world.. Don't say to yourself during or after the
rape: "but Sam said if I followed his advice, I would not be raped.." I never said you will never
be raped by following my advice. I try to give common sense advice so that you can avoid rapes
and other complicated/undesirable situations.

This discussion has turned so dismal because of apparent human nature: when authority
collapses and resources become scarce, there will be two kinds of individuals at large: those that
adhere to their values/principles and those that do not. If you can rationalize rape, that would put
you in the latter category. If you cannot, and hopefully there will be more of this type of
individual, the former.

*About tattoos: presently, in this world, tattoos are an expression of unconventionalness,

personal decoration, perhaps rebellion, or a simple desire to be different. But in the chaotic
madness of the near future, tattoos will signify an invitation to rape. I know it sounds insane but
there are already indicators of this behavioral perception. Presently, tattoos around a female
waistline can indicate a certain sexual willingness. This is not my perception; this is the
perception of some males. So it is not a difficult stretch to guess tattoos will be a mark of 'easy
target' in the near future.

Another piece of advice: avoid revenge. If your wife/partner is raped and you are hell-bent on
revenge, even if you have the military advantage and somehow manage to rape them or their
partner, you will invite pay-back in doing so.. You would have to rape and kill them in order to
avoid future complications. Would that really be so satisfying? To continually pay-back rape for
rape? Even if you're a principled human, rape-for-rape pay-back does not really engender a
lasting civilization.

The only way for humans to make it through the impending 'end of the world' is to stick to their
principles and follow those few simple pieces of advice above: avoid confrontations, don't be a
target, and avoid revenge.

About the title: I have found that if you wait for something, many-times it will not occur. For
instance, if you wait for your husband to do the dishes without asking, it is likely you will wait a
very long time.. That is, unless you have a good husband. ;) (If you got one that cooks too, you
really got a keeper.;) My point is: waiting and watching doesn't frequently pay off. It's better to
do something else instead of impatiently waiting. If you're desperate for something, that itself is
a turn-off. So impatiently waiting produces no good. Being desperate produces no good. Just do
your normal things.. Over time, you will get what is in your heart. Even better, give what you
hope for. That is the positive side of the golden rule.

The advice above are basically extensions of the golden rule. Avoiding confrontations keeps you
out of sticky situations - ones where you might end up violating your own principles. Avoid
being a target is similar: again, it keeps you out of messy situations. Avoiding revenge sidesteps
revenge on you. So they are three ways of protecting yourself and your family by applying the
golden rule.

Quite honestly, I never thought I would be in a position to have to give this advice to my brothers
and sisters in humanity. When I was growing up in rural Michigan, I would watch the passing
bird migrations overhead as long streamers from horizon to horizon.. Each year, the ribbon
would grow thinner and thinner. I knew we were polluting the atmosphere, but didn't know the
exact pollutants and why it was killing the birds. I was simply observing a single indicator of the
degradation of our planet from our idiocy and mismanagement. More and more indicators
evolved as I became a man. Now that my generation is in 'power' on this planet, we have an
obligation to correct the mistakes of the past - for our children and theirs. No one in authority has
ever taken my advice - at least acknowledged it. So it is high-time we internalize the golden rule
and make it integral - part of our personal characters. If those in authority won't correct our hell-
bent course, then at least the 'common human' must adapt to the hell we've created. But do it in a
constructive way. Do it to protect yourself and your family. Do it with some dignity.

The easiest way to insert some grace into our lives is not by adopting a new religion, new for
you; it is by integrating the golden rule into your character - make it part of you. Visualize the
scenarios above - imagine how you might react on your own - without your local policeman
watching you or your priest or rabbi or minister to advise you. Imagine how you might react to
an attacker who wants to steal your jewelry.. Then try to imagine ways how you might diffuse
the situation: what's the easiest way to stop a thief? Give them what they want. Then avoid that
situation in the future. Don't wear jewelry. In the near future, it will be a sign saying loud and
clear: Hey! I've got things of value! Want them???

It should be clear by now my advice can be applied right now. When you make yourself a target,
you Are a target. If you misread above, you might think I want you to Feel like a loser to avoid
confrontations - that is Wrong. I want you to Survive this upcoming catastrophe with Dignity. I
Love and Respect you because we are all part of the same human family. I feel we can endure
Anything if we conscientiously apply the golden rule. Not one single religion will save us from
ourselves. None can. But it is my unofficial religion to have faith in ourselves: the best of us.
When you turn the other cheek, you raise the dignity of our race. You refuse to give into your
own petty compulsions. Sometimes, better than turn the other cheek is: run away.

Of course there are times when you must give a hefty kick to the groin or other sensitive area in
order to survive. You must feel the situation - heft it in your soul. Do whatever it takes to survive
with a little dignity. For if we all give into our animal instincts, it will truly be the End.

Let us not simply survive the 'end of the world' - let's thrive through it - with the spirit and
dignity which makes us human.

Then it will not be the end - but a new beginning. I am proud to know you, sam.