Future Of Humanity

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Future of humanity From the evidence of scientists, philosophers, and the reports we all hear, see, and read about in the media, the future of humanity is in doubt. The long-term history and fate of humanity is driven almost entirely by technology. There have been five great technological revolutions in hominid history, and one or two others are faintly visible on the horizon: Tools, language, agriculture, industry and information. By about 2200 a sixth revolution will be under way, driven by some combination of: genetic engineering of new subspecies; commercialized controlled fusion; nanotechnology; artifactual life; and artificial intelligence. And after that, by about 3000, modifications to the human genome will no longer be confined to changing the frequency or expression of existing genes, but will include the design of new genes. This will ultimately transform humanity into a new and improved species, which calls homogenetics. But after all of these successes, I think an important problem is the immorality that comes from the evolution of technology. The humanity will attain prosperity under the patronage of high levels of technology but they will ignore the principles of morality, and everything will be based on personal interests, so no one think about the other’s benefits. Another problem is that in the age of information and communications, no one could have a private life which results living in a stressful conditions. But we believe that one day the savior of the universe will come and the future of humanity will be bright under his
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