The Universe is expanding. Each year, the (accelerating) distance to our Moon is "increasing at the rate of about 3.8 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year" (source). In the absence of (imaginary) faster than light space travel technology, planets that we can still see now, will then be too far away to visit. Notwithstanding the above, we are still planning new visits...
Introduction LO: I agree with Henry Gee's opinion below and recommend reading his arguments. The impact of a graying population (a.k.a. demographics) is already noticeable in the labour market. There's a shortage of workers in several sectors in many countries. There's some discussion about whether China's population is already in decline (eg, Financial Times-April...
I've already written ten blogs on the complexity bias (my blogs). Yet, this topic is still fascinating me. Future "humans" will be very different than us. I've nicknamed them humanoid sapiens (my blogs). I suppose our descendants will be a mix of human consciousness and replaceable body parts (eg, transhumanism). Something like a robot with a human face (eg,...
Last Thursday, a Dutch study amongst 2,572 people revealed that "thinking sustainable does not equal acting sustainable" (eg, I&O, VK). Dutch newspaper Telegraaf was quite blunt: "The most-outspoken people on climate improvement and how someone should live, don't live up to their own principles." Note LO: my translation is rather mild. The above is yet another...
The 10th and last episode of The Mind of the Universe was about the connection between Nature and Technology and its impact on humans. This connection may bring Humanoid sapiens, the future descendant of Homo sapiens. Their only resemblance might be our human mind. The human timeline is not very impressive given the age of the Universe (13.8 billion years ago),...
On 27 November 2016, the Guardian published an interview with anthropologist Genevieve Bell on Artificial Intelligence (AI) entitled: "Humanity’s greatest fear is about being irrelevant". That article raised a red flag in my mind. This interview is restricted to the fear of human irrelevance following the introduction of AI robots. Most of my life, I didn't...
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