evolution
The evolution of science, science fiction, and mankind throughout the years.
2060: The Year We Saved Our Planet Through Unity and Innovation. AI-Generated.
A Vision of the Future: 2060 and Beyond Just imagine that it's 2060, and all the positive environmental targets, and quite a few more than we don't yet know about, have been achieved.
By Steve Lastabout a year ago in Futurism
Future Of Cars
There is a lot of talk about the future of vehicles and electrification. It is important to consider how we will actually make it work. Electrification has led to a variety of vehicles, such as standard hybrids, performance hybrids, and plug-in hybrids. These technologies aim to bridge the gap between traditional vehicles and full electric cars. Concerns exist about the implications of this new technology.The future of vehicles and electrification has become a crucial topic in conversations about sustainability and climate change. With the rise of global warming and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) has become a priority for many countries and industries. Electrification has led to the development of various types of vehicles, such as standard hybrids, performance hybrids, and plug-in hybrids, all designed to bridge the gap between traditional internal combustion engine vehicles and fully electric cars. However, this transition is not without its challenges and implications.
By Moh Aizaz khanabout a year ago in Futurism
The Culture of Telecommuting: Benefits, Challenges, and the Future of Remote Work
Introduction Telecommuting, also known as remote work, has become increasingly relevant in recent years, significantly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article explores the culture of telecommuting, examining its benefits, the challenges it entails, and the future prospects of this working model. The rise of telecommuting has led to a rethinking of traditional work dynamics, promoting a more flexible and adaptable approach that meets the needs of a continuously evolving world.
By Fabio Smiragliaabout a year ago in Futurism
The future of Reasoning
The mind, where is it really? Is it just in your head, where your brain resides, remembering, planning, judging, problem-solving? But wait, you also remember and plan with other things, like objects around you. You solve problems and make judgments using a variety of tools and resources. The more you ponder this, the more you realize that while the brain is just a soft mass of fat and protein, no harder than a piece of tofu, the MIND is something much grander: it encompasses tissues, wood, stone, steel, and even people. Through communication, we can extend our minds to others, tapping into their memories, perceptions, and knowledge with a simple question. I don't have to master fixing cars, practicing medicine, or remembering everything because others are doing that for me, just as I help them in return. We are a species of individuals interconnected in a vast network of growth, a bustling mix of flesh and concrete. We are 'techno sapiens,' driven by our imaginations and passions, empowered by the sacred gift of REASON. Reason, they say, leads us to deeper knowledge and wiser choices. It has enabled us to extend life expectancy, reduce suffering, enhance collaboration, and promises to propel us forward to greater heights until eternity. Or does it? The organ we employ for reasoning took millions of years to evolve, yet the outcomes of reason progress swiftly and exponentially. In the upcoming decades, we anticipate constructing the equivalent of a new New York City every month. More concrete has been laid globally in the last two decades than in the entire 20th century in the US. This growth signifies an improvement in the quality of life worldwide, with electricity, goods, food, comfort, and transportation becoming increasingly prevalent and accessible.
By Amina Afta about a year ago in Futurism
Evolution Has No Ethics
Author's preface: Special thanks to reader Andrea Corwin for sparking my thinking on this particular angle of evolution. I find it fascinating to ponder the fact that evolution has no ethics. I am speaking metaphorically here of course but evolution does not care anything at all about morality or right or wrong or pain or pleasure. It does not care if the changes it selects for result in unimaginable suffering or the deaths of millions or even billions of other life forms. To the extent it could be said to 'care' about anything, the only thing it does care about is ensuring that life goes on. That something, anything survives another day, another year, another milennia. It does not care if the thing that survives is good or the ultimate evil. It does not care what that thing looks like, or how it survives, or who it hurts or doesn't hurt in order to survive. It does not care what that thing does to the world it happens to inhabit, and it certainly does not care what those things that survive think about evolution, or even that they are capable of thinking. A non thinking life form is exactly as valuable to evolution as the most intelligent of species. As long as it is well adapted to its environment and can survive to pass on its characteristics to another generation of life, it has done its job. Religious people often object to evolution because of how it has been used to explain the evolution of the human species. It contradicts with their stories of divine creation and makes human beings no different in principle than any other intelligent animal on the planet or in the universe. It takes away our specialness, which they fear. From my description above one could see how they could also view it as an evil force, since it has no ethics, it has no morality or code of conduct. It has no constraints at all beyond those which are required to ensure its continued functioning. However, I would urge the religiously inclined to reconsider that line of thinking. If you believe life is valuable, and as a religious person you must. Then evolution is the greatest force for good in the universe that has ever existed and will ever exist. Because, without it, life could not go on. It would surely end. All life would end. Without the invisble hand of evolution driving all living things to get stronger, to get better, to become more fit, they would surely all eventually die out. The light of life would go out in the universe like a bright candle extinguished at the end of a night's burning. Instead of a force for evil, in this view, evolution becomes an instrument of God's will. One could even go so far as to argue evolution is God, or perhaps the holy spirit. Working continually to ensure the survival of things, the continuation of life, the birth of creatures like man with consciousness, intelligence, and the ability to think about ourselves and for ourselves. It is in a sense omnipotent since no known force can stop it exactly like God is supposed to be. One would be hard pressed to say it is omniscient since knowledge is not a think which evolution requires in order to operate as it does. On the other hand one could argue it does know everything, how else would it know which living creatures are the more fit among all the possibilities or which particular changes will result in living things the best adapted for survival. One could easily argue that in order to cause such changes, to select for them, it must 'know' all those things and to know all those things would require one to know everything and thus to be omniscient. So there you have it, evolution as an omnipotent and omniscient God. The major downside for the religiously inclined is that this God has no ethic, or only one, life must go on.
By Everyday Junglistabout a year ago in Futurism
What If Everything Evolved?
I have written about the topic of evolution by natural selection many times in the past. Most recently I suggested a possible solution to the problem of the viability of viruses by using a series of three questions which ultimately lead to the conclusion that viruses must be alive because they have undoubtebly been subjct to evolution by natural selection. This is a thing which can only be said of living things, and cannot be said of things which are not alive. In fact, all living things are subject to evolution by natural selection (as far as we know), and no non-living things are. That fact that non-living things are not subject to evolution by natural selection is a brute fact of the universe, and thus does not need the qualifier (as far as we know). One can argue if it is our words and language that create our universe or simply describe it, but in either case the proposition 'non living things are not subject to evolution by natural selection' obtains.
By Everyday Junglistabout a year ago in Futurism
How Edge Computing Is Related To Various Digitally Transmitted Technologies. AI-Generated.
Edge computing is a new computing model in which the data on the network is processed in the same source that generates data. This technology solves many bandwidth and latency issues, providing faster, more reliable, real-time data.
By Judy Watsonabout a year ago in Futurism
GOOGLE IN 2034 THIS IS HOW AI AND QUANTUM COMPUTING WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD
What to Expect in the Next Decade from Google ? Google, the tech huge that has emerge as synonymous with the net, is poised for transformative changes inside the next decade. As we stand on the cusp of a extremely-present day technology in era, it is essential to endure in mind how Google could likely evolve and impact our worldwide. With improvements in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and augmented reality at the horizon, Google's future guarantees to be as current as its beyond. Let’s dive into what can also moreover shape the subsequent ten years for this tech behemoth.
By Ann lisentra about a year ago in Futurism
