Instead of nostalgia, what do you look forward to in the future
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It is what it is. It's already depressing enough. I wish I could elaborate more, but I will obey the rules here.
I prefer shot by a jealous husband in my old age
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It is what it is. It's already depressing enough. I wish I could elaborate more, but I will obey the rules here.
Well I'm fairly young, excellent career, excellent family, decent wealth, and I'm extremely pessimistic about the future.
Look at social media (which I refuse to participate in), people's attitudes, actions, values (or lack thereof), and technology as a whole.
More and more people support communism every single day and they don't even realize it. Technology is making many people useless to society which will drive the ones left out toward socialism/communism even more.
Meanwhile we're slowly redefining what it means to be human. Sex changes are commonplace, cloning is already possible, and wait till we get cybernetic body parts. For example, we can restore/grant someone's vision with a synthetic eye. It won't be long after that until "regular" folk are "upgrading" themselves. Unborn babies are already being aborted and harvested for cells. Scientists are already working on the human genome so people can select a child's hair colour, eye colour, etc.
The scary part is there is no stopping this. As the devil said, all that you want will be yours.
I consider myself blessed.
I'll try not to bring in the rest of your statement but isn't this a good thing? If someone lost their eye sights in an accident or if they have a failed kidney don't you think it is a good idea for them to get back to good health and vision if it is possible? It is inhumane otherwise don't you think?
I don't think in 2020 people still have a debate about accepting kidney from an organ donor anymore right?
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I agree with you. But where does it end? What happens when synthetic eyes are way better than human eyes?
There will always be people who choose to upgrade themselves artificially, and there will always be those who choose not to. Breast enhancement is an example, some women choose to do it while others only do it as reconstruction surgery. I think this is expected and humanity has experienced it. We also took fluoride supplement so our teeth grow stronger than what they would have been naturally, I don't think people have problem with it.
I do agree with you about where would it end, I am more concerned about if somehow AI (or enhanced animal brains) have evolved to a point where they need to be classified as "protected" and we cannot do anything to classified them as non human....
Man, you all a bunch of curmudgeons. The future will have great advances in medicine and health care. Autonomous cars. With people living longer, healthier lives it will be like Lost Horizon and people will have a second career or go back to school in their 50s. Gardening will become much more popular.
More ski/powder days off from work and travel.
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I almost feel we've reached the pinnacle of technology. None of that sci fi stuff is ever going to happen. People back in the 1800s-present still basically have the same lifespan, the only that that's changed is maybe vaccinations against early human diseases. When I trace back my family history as far back as the late 1800s,they all lived to be in their 80s. And I feel social media has definitely ruined the world.
There will be great advances and also some stuff that we can shake our heads at. I can just imagine the class action lawsuits that will exist from some of the things going on currently.
Have you or your love ones been hurt by the Facebook hack???? You may be entitled to compensation. Lol
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Have you or your love ones been hurt by the Facebook hack???? You may be entitled to compensation. Lol
Or did you own a car with no dipstick from 200x to 202x???? You many be entitled to......
That's me. Twenty years ago I continually talked about working til I dropped. That fit my elders. Retired a decade ago and I like it a lot better than working.
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But that's the thing. Humanity is being redefined in so many ways. What will it mean in the future?
Every generation seems to think past generations were better and future generations are dooms day.
Let's don't get too old to fast...
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Let's don't get too old to fast...
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So what about it? Is it bad to have a synthetic eye better than a human eye? You can do tooth implants now, but they're not as good as a real tooth. There's also artificial hips and knee replacements, but they're still not as good as the real thing. But that would be a good thing when they are.
I don't know. I am glad that others could not define me now like how they define me in the past though. I don't think I will be having the better deal back then than now (or maybe in the future). I am just glad that I don't need to worry too much how others define me, that's all.
AI have been getting closer and closer to somehow figure out how neurons interconnect to each other, I wouldn't be surprised one day we can map our brains out like we map our genes. We might be able to cure some mental illness, but we might also simulate or copy a real human, backup or restore ourselves, replace part of our brain too damaged to heal (instead of dying). It is hard to imagine now but sooner or later we would figure out what we can all agree upon, like how autopsy is now agreed to be ok for criminal investigation or surgery is not considered an act against nature.
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