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Who doesn't wonder about the future... what things will be like some day, how long it might take, and what we can do about it? Substantive yet imaginative, readable, occasionally humorous, and science oriented, this book proposes future scenarios spanning from the current century to nearly eternity. Most chapters offer a concluding section with recommendations and often, agree or disagree, the author's occasionally inimitable opinions. Some of the recommended actions can be done by individuals, others by nations or other groups, and still others by the entire world.
[...]... views of the author and does not necessarily represent the positions of the Lifeboat Foundation Publisher’s page: lifeboat.com/ex/book Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/thehumanraceto To Joy and Our Next Generation Table of Contents Foreword (3 Pages) Comments by Gil Alterovitz and Brandon H Lee Introduction (7 Pages) Why Read This Book? Who doesn’t have at least some curiosity about the future… what. .. in the United States of America 17 19 21 23 25 24 22 20 18 16 Library of Congress Motivated Cataloging Data: Berleant, Daniel The human race to the future : what could happen — and what to do / Daniel Berleant — 1st ed p cm 1 Science—forecasting 2 Technology foresight 3 Science and technology—social aspects I Title Includes bibliographic references and index QA175.5.B394 2013 This book reflects the. .. endeavor? They include the butterfly effect, the uncertainty principle, the observer effect, and others It means we can’t predict the future with certainty But we can try Chapter Seventeen (5 Pages) Warm, Poison Planet How bad could global warming get, worst case? Hydrogen sulfide could poison the oceans and the atmosphere, make the air smell like rotten eggs and turn the sky green This actually happened,... Mundaneum could extend Wikipedia even further, from Wiki-wikipedia to Wiki-wiki- wikipedia Chapter Five (7 Pages) Smart Pills’n Such: Cognitive Enhancement the Easy Way The ancient Greeks used honey water (which they called hydromel) to enhance mental performance Modern society presents other possibilities, from pharmaceuticals to deep brain stimulation The future will provide more Caveat emptor Chapter... Reading Tomorrow Keyboards are the classic way to interact with computers However, general use computers that interact directly with the electrical activity of the brain are getting closer with each passing year Chapter Four (6 Pages) Wiki-Wiki-Wikipedia Wiki-wikipedia, an extension to Wikipedia, could provide a view of any article from the “colored lens” of any other article automatically Yet the short... Centralized to Highly Decentralized Society Modern civilization depends on centralized food and energy production, and the resultant required distribution networks This is risky, even dangerous In the future, gardening and farming robots could mitigate the risks of the food distribution system, and solar energy could mitigate the risks of centralized electric utilities Society will be much more resilient to. .. one at a time Chapter Eleven (7 Pages) Battle for the Mind* *Borrowed from the title of a book by W Sargant Can human memory be edited, revised, and changed? The evidence is in, and it can Details range from frivolous to advertising applications to the collapse of the destructive “recovered memory” school of therapy In the future, methods for revising human memory will improve This should give us pause... fewer hours in the future than we do now? Chapter Two (5 Pages) Live Anywhere, Work Anywhere Else Current commuting and living practices continue in part because we’re used to doing it that way These habits are ripe for change The economic incentives favor telecommuting and robotic telepresence Here is what the insistent push of these incentives means for the future of living, working, and commuting... expect this trend to lead in the future? The Second Generation: The Next Thousand Years Chapter Fourteen (24 Pages) Space Empire: From Mercury to Neptune — and Beyond The lure of interplanetary colonization intrigues Let us examine the possibilities for various planets and other bodies Mars is interesting, but it’s only one possibility of many Chapter Fifteen (6 Pages) Tastes Like the Singularity, but... Some think the world as we know it will soon end, ushering in an unimaginable (but hopefully utopian) future This chapter explains why it is called the “singularity,” and why it’s exciting But it probably won’t radically transform the fabric of reality like some people think Chapter Sixteen (14 Pages) Chasing the Future: Spoilsports of the Prediction Game What are the seven wet blankets of the prediction . the book can expand your view of the possible.” —33 rd Square (www.33rdsquare.com) The Human Race to the Future What Could Happen — and What to. popular science, I have worked to illuminate the significance and the beauty of that synergy.” _____________________ The Human Race to the Future is a wonderful,