tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7878883903480042398..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Uncertain FutureJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-18763731009757875852016-11-29T12:28:19.050-05:002016-11-29T12:28:19.050-05:00One thing is becoming increasing likely - in 2100,...One thing is becoming increasing likely - in 2100, a staggering number of major global cities are probably going to be underwater, at the same time that our ability to grow enough food to feed everyone is probably going to be severely destabilized by changing weather patterns and loss of arable land.<br /><br />And we're currently preparing to let a woefully unqualified known conman and pathological liar take an axe to the only government programs and international agreements we've been able to devise which even have a chance of helping to prevent that future from coming to pass.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-46447729689150218962016-11-29T11:09:05.288-05:002016-11-29T11:09:05.288-05:00I certainly share Harari's thoughts on the fut...I certainly share Harari's thoughts on the future, and in fact it was reading Sapiens, his history of humanity, that in part inspired me in this way of thinking (along with CGP Grey's and Stephen Hawking's ideas on the matter). Sapiens ends with a chapter on the idea of the uncertain future, with one of the possibilities being that humans could become like what we always thought gods were. It sounds like he's taken up that theme in a new book.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com