150 years, or two human lifetimes, will deplete all the energy resources that allow us to maintain our current equilibrium. After oil AND uranium are depleted, there will probably be a dramatic change in culture. It will be a "punctuation" in our evolution. Leading up to this evolutionary earthquake we will probably also develop the technology to allow individuals to manipulate reproductive capabilities. Within a couple decades people will probably be able to buy & sell gene sequences over the net, perform gene splicing, and in-vitro fertilization using compact affordable devices in their own homes, or at a neighborhood clinic. Later, gene synthesis will become possible. And just as the earthquake arrives.....
.... biology will become generic hardware and all technology will be encoded and subsumed within it. I predict it. It WILL happen. Of all the possible futures, this is the one that is most likely to occur.
It's already started.
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I think we have about a century and a half to go
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- Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ?
- I think so, or at least whatever we evolove into. (n/t)
- If idiots remain in charge as they are today, I doubt Humanity will survive for ONE more century. (n/t)
- Maybe it's best humanity not survive.
- re: Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ?
- A relevant article in the latest New Scientist
- Re: Section 4.3. We're gonna need to monitor volcanos. (n/t)
- Psychologically probably not.
- This is like neaderthal predicting 21st century and that is less than 100K years
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