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If you could see your future, would you try to make it better? If you were a Soviet in 1980 and you knew that spiraling debt would destroy your country, would you do something to stop it? If you were a German in 1933 and knew that the Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State would lead to a world war, tens of millions of deaths, and the leveling of your nation, would you oppose it? Its safe to assume that we would all say yes to these questions. Futurology also uses aspects of multiple disciplines to anticipate forces of nature and predict how we will react to those forces. Methods of quantifying the effectiveness of corporate futurologists have become a complex science in itself, one that seeks to objectively define the difference between fantasy, science fiction, and science. Table of contents[edit] Part I[edit] Part II[edit] Additional reading[edit] Norbert Wiener, "Kybernetik. Wikibooks resources[edit]
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Ignore this box please. Add to Browser Install Firefox add-on More ways to add DDG Feedback Report Bad Results Other Help / Feedback Add to Browser Give feedback Try this search on : YouTube Scoop.it How Stuff Works Live Music Archive Apple Search syntax s:d sort by date r:uk uk region site: domain search \ search first result More... r:n turn off region ! This page requires Javascript. Podcasts | rtl.fr Emissions, chroniques, interviews Retrouvez tout RTL sur les podcasts rtl.fr Sponsored link The Futurology Podcast Greetings fellow futurists, This monthAlex and myself made room for 17-year-old composer, futurist, and techno-optomist Daniel Yount. futurologypodcast.podbean.com More from futurologypodcast.podbean.com The Futurology Podcast #5 - YouTube Episode 5 of The Futurology Podcast, the number one podcast for reddit.com's /r/ Futurology community. youtube.com/watch? iPodder Blog » The Futurology Podcast | F... scoop.it/t/free-podcasts-and-entertainment/p/399... futurology | Answer Me This!
Can Technology Save the World? Experts Disagree
Edited by David Leonhardt Follow Us: The Upshot a plainspoken guide to the news In Silicon Valley, there is a sense that tech companies are doing God’s work. “The P.C. isn’t in the first five rungs of human needs, but the smartphone certainly is,” said Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz and an inventor of the Internet browser, in one of a series of interviews with tech entrepreneurs and executives about how technology will shape the future. So smartphones are right up there with food, water and shelter? Evan Williams, a founder of Twitter, Blogger and now Medium, was less quixotic. “Technology is the direct cause of our biggest problems – global warming, health issues, potential nuclear annihilation – and it’s also a solution,” he said. Photo There is no shortage of optimism in Silicon Valley, but I’ve developed a scale to measure just how starry-eyed Silicon Valley is about its work. Mr. “Technology is necessary but not sufficient to save the world,” he said.
According To A Nasa Funded Study, We're Pretty Much Screwed
Our industrial civilization faces the same threats of collapse that earlier versions such as the Mayans experienced, a study to be published in Ecological Economics has warned. The idea is far from new, but the authors have put new rigor to the study of how so many previous societies collapsed, and why ours could follow. Lead author Mr Safa Motesharrei is no wild-eyed conspiracy theorist. Motesharrei is a graduate student in mathematics at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, a National Science Foundation-supported institution, and the research was done with funding from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "The fall of the Roman Empire, and the equally (if not more) advanced Han, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires, as well as so many advanced Mesopotamian Empires, are all testimony to the fact that advanced, sophisticated, complex, and creative civilizations can be both fragile and impermanent," the forthcoming paper states
The Future of the Human Race
User Rating: Details Parent Category: Advanced News Lessons Category: Science and Technology Written by Chris Cotter The following hypothesis on the future of the human race sounds more like a sci-fi potboiler than scientific theory. Over the coming millennium, we will see some small changes. That's the good news. Further down this dark road, in the year 100,000, the genetically healthy will only breed with one another to produce a beautiful and intelligent ruling class. Preview some of the lesson material: Brainstorm: Brainstorm with a partner(s) words and ideas associated with "science fiction" for 2 minutes. Fill in the Blanks: Fill in the blank with the correct word. post-Comprehension: Talk about the following questions in pairs/groups. What do you think life will be like in the 31st century? Google Search: Type "science fiction" into Google. Download the lesson:
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Humans will be extinct in 100 years says eminent scientist
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eminent Australian scientist Professor Frank Fenner, who helped to wipe out smallpox, predicts humans will probably be extinct within 100 years, because of overpopulation, environmental destruction and climate change. Fenner, who is emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, said homo sapiens will not be able to survive the population explosion and “unbridled consumption,” and will become extinct, perhaps within a century, along with many other species. United Nations official figures from last year estimate the human population is 6.8 billion, and is predicted to pass seven billion next year. Fenner told The Australian he tries not to express his pessimism because people are trying to do something, but keep putting it off. Fenner said that climate change is only at its beginning, but is likely to be the cause of our extinction. Easter Island is famous for its massive stone statues.
