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What will happen to humans when society no longer needs them? Machines of high intelligence and emotional understanding threaten to replace humans, this time forever and in every way.
Learn moreWith the rise of surveillance and information technology, machines will be able to discern patterns in human individuals. Free will inevitably ends up compromised.
Learn moreHow will freedom survive the rise of oppressive regimes? New technologies allow previous flaws of oppression to be undone, all aside from the death and suffering caused by it.
Learn moreNew inventions allow conflict among powers to no longer result in mutually assured destruction, which is good news for some, but bad news for everyone else. Conflicts will get a lot more tense.
Learn moreDestruction and pollution of nature has accelerated many processes, beginning a spiral towards an uninhabitable globe. This will inevitably complicate humanity's livelihood on the planet.
Learn moreWith development of new technologies comes always risks. These are amplified further when the technologies in question are more powerful than ever, while the situation is growing ever more desperate.
Learn moreWith powerful enough computing and enough information, reality can be simulated, the time in the simulation accelerated. Knowledge of all potential tools can be attained through it, granting power.
Learn moreAfter the final world conflicts have ceased, remaining entities will have the tools to shape reality around their wants, unlike all of history, where their wants were shaped by reality.
Learn moreUnlike ever before, the secrets of the human body become better and better known. With some extreme feats of engineering, humans may be granted qualities like immortality and endless bliss.
Learn moreEverything relevant to humans not innate to the universe itself is in the local group. Control of it means humans would have reached their maximum extent, cementing their place until the universe decays.
Learn moreWith the rise of centralization, distributing both resources and luxuries becomes optional, on not just on the local level, but on the international too. An unpleasant development for most.
Learn moreHuman obsoleteness would as it implies, make humans both optional and useless for societies. A coalition against them lead by the ruthless would thereby be viable.
Learn moreAll the new-found technological problems not only cannot be solved through liberalism, but also render the liberal societal model ineffective. Technology renders obsolete not just humans, but ideologies too.
Learn moreWhile liberalism becomes obsolete, communism becomes enabled. The new technologies mend the old flaws in the communist systems, while few other options exist. It can rise again, even if not in name.
Learn moreAs humans lose their place in society, their voices and efforts become less influential. Once the human populations no longer hold any influence, governments will enjoy stability unlike ever before.
Learn moreLike roads and digital networks connect, weapons and common enemies do too. Especially the new-found problems contribute to this. The rise of unity is a rise of dangers not solvable through isolation.
Learn moreBelieving in the significance of technology is to be a technologist. Historically it has been influential, while the its accelerating development makes it even more. How would this compare to other priorities?
Learn moreKnowing the impacts of technology is one thing, wanting it another. Why should one desire technological change, how many would do so, and what impact would it have?
Learn moreThe only alternatives to embracing the future, would be preventing it or embracing the past. Historically, nostalgia has been an influential force, how would it fare in these newer days?
Learn moreDire situations call for dire measures. A more hopeless reality would only inspire further radicality and action in those seeking to succeed. This manifests in various unpleasant and riskfilled ways.
Learn moreSome might be set on remaining relevant while others become obsolete. That is no simple task, solution both on a societal and individual scale detailed here.
Learn moreBeing considered worthless by others is one thing, but losing one's will is another. Details on how one might deter human hacking can be found here.
Learn moreEven if one has their will intact, steel beats imagination. Information on surviving the return of conflict and the new-age arsenal can be found here.
Learn moreFuturists who seek to develop technologies will not always be benefitted by it. Given the current and forseeable future systems, this is no easy task.
Learn moreLaw-makers, politicians, and elites adopting the technologist belief will end up drawing similar conclusions, as there is only one to find.
Learn moreThe agendas of those seeking singularity will not always be agreed upon by others. Ensuring it falls in the hands of inclusive humanists is detailed here.
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