Two possible futures
Those who advocate a ?negative? future often fail to understand how advancing technologies interplay with each other, which often results in exponential growth.
Nano-assemblers, expected by as early as mid-2020s promise a number of breakthroughs that will change the way we live; our dependency on fossil fuels, methods of transportation, and ways in which we maintain our health.
True, over the next two decades, WMD attacks are extremely likely, but as intelligence advances, these violent activities should not get out of hand to the point of endangering civilization?s existence.
Each ?negative? encounter we experience in our trek towards the future pushes advances that will help develop corrective measures to offset those bad situations.
There are two possible futures in store for humanity. One where we stumble along and allow radical religious groups to influence us with their efforts to impede progress and resist change; or a brighter future filled with the knowledge that exponential advances in science and technology will one day provide a ?paradise? life for everyone on Earth.
The choice is ours, and this writer believes that humanity will find its paradise.
