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Where do you see the world 60 years?
Think about it. If you started taking about the concept of cell phones and internet 60 years ago people would have thought you were crazy. And if you told people that a show like "Teen Mom" was ethical people would have a heart attack. My question to you is where do you think we as a human race are going in the far or short future and whether it be negative or positive. More importantly realize that this question pertains to nothing specific meaning feel free to talk about technology or ethics of the future!
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche
I've mentioned Ray Kurzweil on these forums before, and he's got an interesting documentary called Transcendent Man (you can find it on Google). Kurzweil basically believes that in the next 30 years or so, there'll what he calls a 'technological singularity' (this is also the basis of his book, The Singularity is Near).
I think it's very exciting and that there's some merit to that theory. If singulariy can be achieved in 30 years, then I don't even know what's possible in 60. It's a brave new world and there's a lot of possibilities where shit could go wrong, but I'm optimistic.
That's my view, anyway.
I think it's very exciting and that there's some merit to that theory. If singulariy can be achieved in 30 years, then I don't even know what's possible in 60. It's a brave new world and there's a lot of possibilities where shit could go wrong, but I'm optimistic.
That's my view, anyway.
Last edited by suomynona; Feb 21, 2013 at 05:51 AM.
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Well said, and a very interesting point. Honestly if you go to google images and look at Dubai its amazing. It looks like you're looking at a space colony. They have islands shaped in a miniature world map look at it. ITS NUTS.
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche
My thoughts of the future world are bleak. Pollution everywhere, crime at a rise. Technology getting way to far ahead of itself. I don't think I want to know what the world will be like in the future. It is bad enough now.
We're all going to Hell, we may as well go out in style
Death is a promise, and your life is a fucking lie
Death is a promise, and your life is a fucking lie
