What do you predict the future of mankind will be?

Shero said:
(y)(y)(y)(y) Me too!
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Technology for many seems to be the answer to all our problems but is it? There is still the problem of too many people on this planet of constant deminishing resources. As the world's population increases we are destroying our forests to make more land to grow more food. There is only so much land. Furthermore, the rich countries can play around with technology but in many countries of the world many people don't even have access to the internet; never mind paying $2,000 for the latest Apple iphone. Many parts of the world are running out of drinking water. The water table in the SW USA is getting lower and lower as people build more homes with swimming pools and farmers need water for their crops to grow. Technology is pretty good in many cases but I wonder if those that worship at the temple of technology as the solution to all the problems of the world are worshiping a false god?
 

I predict folks are going to start to read more about philosophy, "such as the thoughts to be found on a thread called "Food for thought" you might want to check out"! :)

I expect the changes brought about for mankind as a whole will be profound due to this generation of interest in deep and profound issues, and just maybe we'll save ourselves, or most of what we cherish in time.
 
I'm not sure what direction humanity will go in but it may not matter; once the delicate biosphere that supports human (and most other) life is worn out--and that appears to be speeding up & it's likely at least some of us here in this group will still be alive to see it unfortunately--then there won't be a darn thing we can do to avoid hell on earth, it'll be too late.
 

What do you predict the future of mankind will be?​


Lots and lots of humanoid heads with bleeping sounds and flashing lights set inside large goldfish bowls and sitting ontop of velvet cushions. ;) 🤪
 
Shero said:
The future of mankind is brilliant. I only wish I could be here to see it and the way our wonderful young people manage it. But I shall be watching in spirit!!
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Before them young folks can enjoy their brilliant futures, they might have to solve the problems of planet over-population the dwindling resources of food, water, gas and oil. While they are at it, they might figure out how to solve the problems of war and the nuclear threat.

I remember, in the 50s, there were pictures telling us how we were all to be flying around in some sort of cars. The future shown in TV series such as "Father Knows Best" and "Leave It To Beaver" where daddy went to work with a brief case and mommy stayed home and cooked wonderful meals has proven to be "pure bunk." We have all become hampsters running on that tread wheel just to keep that proverbial "wolf from our door."
 
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Packerjohn said:
We have all become hamsters running on that tread wheel just to keep that proverbial "wolf from our door."
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That's correct. I figured it out when I was about sixteen and lived accordingly. I worked when I needed to and played when I wanted to. Low maintenance. No complaints from me.
 
mellowyellow said:
The rich will get richer and the poorer will get poorer. That's it. Greed has become our God.
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Greed has always been our god ..... and without it there would be no progress. For it is greed for [more] money/success etc that drives the innovators / inventors etc, to succeed and they are the ones that ........ when they do succeed employ the rest of us.

Yeah I know, sometimes the amount of greed displayed drives me nutz but ....IMO, it is a necessary part of society in business.

Some folks like to mask it as ambition ........ that is just a soft euphemism for greed ...........IMO.
 
Patch said:
Not optimistic at all. The longest living democracy in history will fall before 2030... possibly as early as 2024. A second current super power will also fall. Aging power grids will be decimated by attacks and there will be war in the streets. "Civilized" societies are currently unable to function without electricity, internet, cell phones, and other technological advancements. Every aspect of putting food on tables, money in pockets, fuel in vehicles, heat in homes relies on electric energy.
At some point, wars will be fought over water just as we have seen wars fought over oil. Desalinization is costly and, currently, not a viable option for safe drinking water. Aquafers are drained. Yet, the sea water approaches as global temperatures rise. Less land. More people. Less food and drinking water.
We witnessed the partial collapse of a power grid in Texas just this past winter. And, today, nothing has been done to correct the issue. People froze to death in their homes or died from carbon monoxide as they tried unsafe methods of providing heat.
Too much global divisiveness for the industrialized nations to put their heads together and begin solving issues instead of making them.
Oh, and I wouldn't be surprised to see more pandemics in the not too distant future.

Heck! I'm 75 years old. Lots less time left than lived. Just hurts to see the mess my generation has left for our future generations.
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I don't know if this poster is still active, but I agree with this response to FuzzyBuddy's question,
"What do you predict the future of (hu)mankind will be?"​

Unexpectedly, I now have twin great-grandsons, born during the Covid-19 pandemic. I really didn't want to live to see my grandchildren reproduce. I worry about their futures. I wonder how much of a future they will have. I'm scared.
 
palides2021 said:
My prediction:
As long as technology progresses at the rate it has, we are doomed. I'm not against technology, but I don't like that it's progressing so fast in such a short time. Can we humans keep up? I remember growing up and we didn't have access to computers until the 1980s. Cell phones weren't around. Although I like the computer and cell phone, they have become important in my life, yet these past twenty years have seen astronomical increases in technology in other areas, like cryptocurrency, electric cars, artificial intelligence and robots. We might be flying our cars one day. Or a robot will be our companion. Imagine that!! Technology, however, depends on electricity to survive. What happens to climate issues when electricity demand shooting up the roof? So I'm worried about a number of things.

Don't get me wrong, there are the pros and cons to technology. Technology has helped in diagnosing illnesses and diseases. We have information at our fingertips, etc. Technology can be manipulated and abused, and that's what I'm worried about. If hackers get into the system, they can cause havoc. If robots decide to rule the earth, bye-bye humanity. Even the airplanes that were built eventually became military planes that dropped bombs during the wars.

My prediction is that technology, electric cars, and the AI robots will slowly take over. A warning by Elon Musk on Youtube has mentioned that we need to be careful. Another aspect for the future is that we as humans will be interfaced with technology so that we will become hybrid humans. In other words, we are slowly losing our souls. Can we live with that?
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Edmund Burke and whatever he said about the need to be careful with change to avoid losing what is good.
 

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