The Future of Humanity: a Lecture by Isaac Asimov. To the Isaac Asimov home page Topic: The Future of HumanityPlace: Newark College of EngineeringDate: November 8, 1974 The following document is a transcript of a lecture given by Dr.
Isaac Asimov. FutureWire - futurism and emerging technology. Wired 8.04: Why the future doesnt need us. - StumbleUpon. Why the future doesn't need us.
Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species. From the moment I became involved in the creation of new technologies, their ethical dimensions have concerned me, but it was only in the autumn of 1998 that I became anxiously aware of how great are the dangers facing us in the 21st century. I can date the onset of my unease to the day I met Ray Kurzweil, the deservedly famous inventor of the first reading machine for the blind and many other amazing things. Ray and I were both speakers at George Gilder's Telecosm conference, and I encountered him by chance in the bar of the hotel after both our sessions were over. The Hedonistic Imperative - StumbleUpon.