For those who watch the mainstream media, have you ever noticed what they focused upon? Do you think most of that is relevant to what is taking place on the planet?
Most of us are aware that they like to spread negativity. The information presented is made to scare people. Fear is a powerful weapon and the repeated telling of how awful the world is only reinforces that. The curious thing is most of it is not true.
If it is on the mainstream media, there is a better than 85% chance it is not true. Think of the biggest topics in the past and how they turned out. Even if they are in the ball park, they do not present it in a way that has the facts in it. Instead, an agenda is presented and swallowed by the masses.
We are living in an age where technology is taking over. It is really that simple. There is little way to avoid it. Over the next decade, it is going to penetrate more of our lives. The question is what type of system are we going to have constructed?
Will it be one where technology works for us or one where the few elite control everything?
What little of the mainstream that I do catch shows how completely inept most of the leadership is for this new era. I recall watching those fossils in the United States Senate interviewing Zuckerberg over the Facebook breach. It would be laughable if it weren't so sad.
I looked at the two Presidential candidates in 2016 and knew we were completely screwed. On one hand you had The Don, who's idea of technology is Twitter. Then, we had Princess Hillary who was not even bright enough to know not to access confidential information on a public wi-fi.
The two of them combined equate to technological idiots.
This is just another example of how technology outpaces society. For decades, the problems created were minor since the technology we were dealing with didn't have horrendous consequences. This is not true the last 20 years or so. And, if my views are correct, this will be critical over the next decade.
Here is a question: what is the most important question for society to be addressing?
I will tell you, it is not something you hear much about on the mainstream media. It is something that I promise you is taking place and will result in technological breakthroughs. There are a host of ethical discussions that need to take place and people need to educate themselves about what is happening.
Is this occurring? Of course not. People would have to peel away from the Kardashians to do that.
So what is the mega-situation? It is gene-editing or the idea of genetically modified humans.
The technology is rapidly advancing to be able to do things that would make Hitler blush. Scientists all over the world are working on breakthroughs in this field. Yet you hear little about it. What is put out there does not delve into the potential of the situation. If people are screaming about vaccinations now, wait until you see what this stuff can do.
Sex might not be used for reproduction. We are certainly looking at the possibility where pro-creation is done through other means. How will society address this? Is it even being talked about?
While some "purists" might think gene-editing is wrong, what if you knew your child would be born with a horrific disease that he or she would have to struggle with for life? What is there was an option, where through a simply programming of a part of the genome, that disease would not exist? I think most caring parents would opt for that.
Of course, none of this is cut or dry. The most likely course of action is that we, as a society, will do little about it until it is too late. Our political leaders are a joke and will continue to be so. In the United States, we have a tendency to elect a bunch of people with law degrees (or ex bartenders and builders) instead of people with a technological/scientific background. Sure the lawyers are slick at debated but pertinent knowledge tends to be lacking.
We are looking at a future where the world of sports is completely turned upside down. Imagine being able to search one's genome to determine if that person has the genetic makeup to be an Olympic swimmer. Or perhaps we see people altering themselves genetically to be able to be smarter than others. Who is going to have access to these technologies? How will they be distributed?
There are a lot of things that are going to change society but I see this as the biggest. We are going to be able to alter the course of evolution. Not only will it be sped up, we are going to be able to take it in directions we want. That is a radically new concept.
Naturally, the religions of the world will have a cow. They already think that using stem cells is playing God. Forget about this. Bet the ranch that evil doers who have the thirst to control like Zuckerberg are aching to get their hands on this stuff. Does anyone here really want any government, let alone North Korea, to have access to this?
People are going to be able to alter many things about themselves. Technology is always neutral, it depends upon how it is used. One one hand, this can do things like provide human longevity or eradicate diseases. On the other, we could see people forced into altering things against their will (look at the vaccination issue and multiply it by 100).
These are issues we are going to have to confront yet few are even talking about it. I implore everyone to make this a part of their regular reading/research. Learn what is going on to be able to speak intelligently about it. Do not depend upon others taking up the mantle and certainly do not trust the media on this.
It is far too important.
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