Most "future" events are not predictable. Things seen from a particular point in "time" are colored by that perspective. With all of the dystopian-like possibilities looming in this age of early technology, it is easy to imagine that dystopia becoming a full-blown reality. And that is one possibility.
But imagining futures is almost always incorrect. The problem is we can't imagine things too far out of the current paradigms. If an extraterrestrial ship landed and ETs walked out (if they walked), my guess is they would not look at all like we have imagined, if we could even see them with our eyes. We can comprehend a cube, but we can't really comprehend a hypercube (tesseract) with any kind of understanding, let alone a 5-cube and beyond. Everything we imagine from this existence is filtered through our 3-dimensional paradigm and ingrained cultural thought patterns.
I understand the trepidation regarding the direction humanity seems to be headed. That's why I think that humanity needs to evolve (consciously)—and it might go in another direction if this happens to a certain degree. I think it's good to stretch the mind, imagine possibilities, discuss understandings, but I also think it's important to develop detachment (or as many call it, acceptance). When I start spiraling down that path of humanity's destructiveness, I try to change focus and concentrate on my own existence and the things I am caretaker of, and in that way I contribute my tiny bit to the whole. The future(s) will be what it will be.
But imagining futures is almost always incorrect. The problem is we can't imagine things too far out of the current paradigms. If an extraterrestrial ship landed and ETs walked out (if they walked), my guess is they would not look at all like we have imagined, if we could even see them with our eyes. We can comprehend a cube, but we can't really comprehend a hypercube (tesseract) with any kind of understanding, let alone a 5-cube and beyond. Everything we imagine from this existence is filtered through our 3-dimensional paradigm and ingrained cultural thought patterns.
I understand the trepidation regarding the direction humanity seems to be headed. That's why I think that humanity needs to evolve (consciously)—and it might go in another direction if this happens to a certain degree. I think it's good to stretch the mind, imagine possibilities, discuss understandings, but I also think it's important to develop detachment (or as many call it, acceptance). When I start spiraling down that path of humanity's destructiveness, I try to change focus and concentrate on my own existence and the things I am caretaker of, and in that way I contribute my tiny bit to the whole. The future(s) will be what it will be.
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