The twenty-first century: the advent of the non-biological civilization and the future of the human race
Writes about the danger which threatens humanity in the near future, approximately 20-30 years from now. Believes this is not a worldwide nuclear war, a collision with comets, AIDS or some other ghastly disease that we may not even know may be lurking out there (think of the recent Ebola scare or the so-called "flesh-eating" virus). In each of these cases ther is still hope that somebody will be saved and that life will be born anew, albeit in a misshapen form and in an inferior stage of development. But we cannot hope for salvation in the author's grim scenario. The danger he writes of will destroy all humanity and all biological life on earth. These and other questions are discussed in relation to the twenty-first century.
artificial intelligence computer technology cybernetics human-computer interaction philosophy