/sci/ - Science & Math

Common opinion: Mankind is doomed because everybody is driving hummers and big screen teevees and they live with their parents and THE COMMUNISTS ARE TAKING OVER ARRGGHHGH

Reality: Mankind has never been as resourceful, adaptable and peaceful in its existence as it is today.

I'm glad we are facing these 'challenges' today, when we have the resources, technology and communicative networks to actually begin tackling them. Because, compared to the challenges we faced before with the technology/knowledge we had, these 'challenges' are trivial.

Money is irrelevant. Shelter, food, clean water and peaceful relations are the only truly relevant factors. And, if you think its been any better in any period of history for any nontrivial group of humans, then you are a fool.

in the future, mankind will learn as one. as machines do.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/business/economy/13obsolete.html?pagewanted=2&partner=rss&
emc=rss

Are you ready for the riots?

You don't need to displace all the human workers. Just the majority of them.

how long until neural-serial interfaces become cheap and i can just send keyboard/mouse data over some wireless link?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G2PNLoAUGE&feature=player_embedded

humans are finished