• Question: What do you think will be of the world in 100 years? Will technology take over?

    Asked by haleemakhan to Nick, Anna, Chris, Jane, Iain on 7 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by mychemicalrxmance, megan88815.
    • Photo: Nick Goldman

      Nick Goldman answered on 7 Mar 2014:

      It’s so hard to tell. How much of today’s world would we have guessed right about even 20 years ago? The internet? Climate change?
      I think in the end people will be too sensible to let technology take over, but we will have to get better at deciding what things it is good to have technology do for us. It will probably be OK to let cars drive themselves and avoid road accidents; but I don’t think we should let computers choose who we marry!

    • Photo: Anna Middleton

      Anna Middleton answered on 11 Mar 2014:

      @haleemakhan I think the world will be a very different place in 100 years. I just hope that as a society we are tolerant of difference and don’t misuse genetic technology to make us all the same. I believe that the world is a great place because we are all different.

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