Chinese eugenics. The end of death. Robot shortages. That's just a sampling of how the future could be a scary place, as John Brockman of the www.Edge.org found out when he asked many top scientists and thinkers: "What should we be worried about?"
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Enjoyed the article. Haters gonna...well you know.— kwhelm- I swear to god, this just gets worse by the day! Who wasted their time on this? Was it the same person who gets paid to troll Etsy and write about all the rilly kewl stuff she finds there?
I remember a time when the Inquirer was a paper of high quality, when I subscribed even though I could only get the Sunday paper because I lived in another city.
Hey!, Inky and Daily News! Get out of the office and do some real reporting! Hire some real writers! If you don't differentiate yourselves from the average Facebook account, there's no reason for anyone to buy your product. Your days will be numbered, and they shouldn't be. Philadelphia deserves better, much better.— Tatt2 - does this article count as something people should be scared of? How about the writer?
I want back my 30 seconds.— kidretdes - What scares me most is that I actually take the time to read and post comments on philly.com. It's an exercise in masochism. I really, really need to get out more. Doctor? Doctor??— Paul G
- Obamacare! brrrrr...— Frank S.
- For the nay-sayers....this is not a bad article in concept. This follows the "Long-Boom" perspective of rationally trying to think of challenges, conditions and opportunities 50 yrs from now. I read a short piece yesterday about a startup company this is developing technology to mine asteroids for raw materials...this will be a reality. The point is awareness. Some will read it and say...that's BS and some with think of a way to make money out it. All of us fall somewhere between those bookends.— PA2112
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