Don Curren π¨π¦πΊπ¦βA disproportionate share of people in charge of national #policies are #economists, #lawyers and #techno-optimists β¦ who rarely think about the biosphereβs indispensability for the #survival of #human #societies.β - #VaclavSmil, #Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
Doc Edward Morbius ββVia #NBN #NewBooksNetwork:
In his new book, The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity (Simon & Schuster, 2018), futurist, technologist, and CEO of Gigaom, Byron Reese makes the case that technology has reshaped humanity just three times in history: 100,000 years ago, we harnessed fire, which led to language; 10,000 years ago, we developed agriculture, which led to cities and warfare; and 5,000 years ago, we invented the wheel and writing, which lead to the nation state. He tells us that we are now on the doorstep of a fourth change brought about by two technologies: AI and robotics.
(I may disagree in part.)
