What is the next technological breakthrough in our lifetime? (by 2062)

[SphinxnihpS]

Anyone interested in this stuff should just read Kurzweil's books. He's been amazingly accurate in all of his predictions.

 

[epidemis]

Immortality is sure to change most things

 

[Train]

Immortality is sure to change most things

was talking to a coworker about this the other day, he made the point that humans have already had things like prisoners fighting to the death/being fed to lions for entertainment, all it takes is a little pressure on the population and this would quickly become socially acceptable again. And if killing off convicts doesn't solve the problem, some form of lottery is surely to follow.

 

[Puppies04]

WTF would you want that? So you can make it cry a little while you do it?

Thanks, you just made me spit tea on my keyboard

 

[epidemis]

anti-aging pills will be the death of innovation and advancement unless we've developed an AI to do that for us by that time. New people/ideas/innovation is what has driven human civilization. It will be very depressing if we find a way to implement permanent stagnation (i.e. anti-aging).

We will adapt/cope like we always have done.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

was talking to a coworker about this the other day, he made the point that humans have already had things like prisoners fighting to the death/being fed to lions for entertainment, all it takes is a little pressure on the population and this would quickly become socially acceptable again. And if killing off convicts doesn't solve the problem, some form of lottery is surely to follow.

WWII didn't even come close to solving the problem and we were killing people about as fast as possible at the time. WWIII might though, but that would also ruin all our technology, and at this point it would be irreplaceable.

 

[bbs lm-r]

IDK if we've quite mastered slicing bread yet.

One step at a time...

 

[Train]

WWII didn't even come close to solving the problem and we were killing people about as fast as possible at the time. WWIII might though, but that would also ruin all our technology, and at this point it would be irreplaceable.

The thing is, wars kill mostly males, and history shows us population growth is a function of female population. Even in times of male shortages, females will get preggers if they want to.

But then again prison population is mostly male too, so that probly wont reduce the population much either. Lottery system it is. Or maybe mandatory suicide at a certain age.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

The thing is, wars kill mostly males, and history shows us population growth is a function of female population. Even in times of male shortages, females will get preggers if they want to.

But then again prison population is mostly male too, so that probly wont reduce the population much either. Lottery system it is. Or maybe mandatory suicide at a certain age.

Logan's Run?

 

[dank69]

Sammich making robots.

 

[Bateluer]

You guys are expecting a technical advance? The US economy is going to bust in 2027-ish from the debt crisis, when that happens it'll basically be another Dark Age in human history.

 

[MaxFusion16]

nano technology