This book is a short collection of essays that attempt a balanced view of various topics that will influence our next century. The future of humanity is seen by many to be on the cusp of change. Those who predict the future see tomorrow through lens formed from their education, experience and viewpoints. Bill Joy presages an apocalypse; Ray Kurzweil expects to ride a technologic stairway to heaven; and Jaron Lanier predicts humanity will transcend itself into an unforeseeable future. This book sees the future through the lens of a generalist. I apply critical thinking and realistic application of diverse science into my prophecy for humanity over this century. My hope is to give the general reader a rational context for
This book is a short collection of essays that attempt a balanced view of various topics that will influence our next century. The future of humanity is seen by many to be on the cusp of change. Those who predict the future see tomorrow through lens formed from their education, experience and viewpoints. Bill Joy presages an apocalypse; Ray Kurzweil expects to ride a technologic stairway to heaven; and Jaron Lanier predicts humanity will transcend itself into an unforeseeable future. This book sees the future through the lens of a generalist. I apply critical thinking and realistic application of diverse science into my prophecy for humanity over this century. My hope is to give the general reader a rational context for viewing the changes transforming our world today. It is better to know where the tiger we are riding is headed—if we hope to hold on and maybe even steer.
Thanks to genetics and efforts of humans to re-design humanity the human race is heading for widespread and revolutionary changes in its very nature: that's the premise of REQUIEM FOR HUMANITY, a short collection of essays that review the humanity-changing topics that will prove hot and controversial subjects in years ahead.
Chapters pose the idea that our children will have a more direct influence - and choice - in humanity's nature than any generation has ever before held.
Ken Badertscher
As the title suggests, Hoshor is not optimistic about the future of Homo sapiens. His thesis appears to be that because have learned to manipulate genetics, and because technology appears to be improving at an ever-increasing rate, before long we will have created mutant cyborgs that will replace humans. These mutant cyborgs (he calls them "Technology Augmented Bioengineered humans") will have little in common with Homo sapiens, and thus societal and evolutionary pressures will cause them...
This is a thoughtful analysis of humanity's future in the age of the Technology Augmented Bioengineered (TAB) Humans, where science and survival determine the evolution of humanity (and the possibility that there is no room for emotion, spirituality or the soul). It seems a plausible assertion in the age of genome mapping and nanotechnology, however, the elimination of the emotional connection of human beings is a sobering thought. I believe there is some "competitive" advantage that humans...
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BN ID: 2940012963994
Publisher: Alan Hoshor
Publication date: 5/12/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 1,106,679
File size: 431 KB
Meet the Author
Alan Hoshor is a long time resident of the Pacific Northwest. Originally trained in Forestry at University of California, Berkeley; he has had a very diverse and eclectic career in industries both large and small. Twelve years ago he started Hoshor Systems Consulting to service small businesses in Washington State. Alan's claim to competence is his capacity for systems thinking matured over decades of productive life.
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This book is a short collection of essays that attempt a balanced view of various topics that will influence our next century. The future of humanity is seen by many to be on the cusp of change. Those who predict the future see tomorrow through lens formed from their education, experience and viewpoints. Bill Joy presages an apocalypse; Ray Kurzweil expects to ride a technologic stairway to heaven; and Jaron Lanier predicts humanity will transcend itself into an unforeseeable future. This book sees the future through the lens of a generalist. I apply critical thinking and realistic application of diverse science into my prophecy for humanity over this century. My hope is to give the general reader a rational context for