millzy said:

not sure. i haven't bothered to go looking for it yet. i'm too busy orchestrating terrorist attacks 100 years into the future via hand signals and fast food chain logos.

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zzripz said:

kiddo

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penelope_tree said:

:brownie:

Kurzweil gives reason for optimism, as far as starvation goes - GMO's, the sheer abundance of wealth and how we are figuring out how to share it. Other statistics (such as, "the birth rate in first world countries is something like 1.5," suggesting that as quality of life improves, the population waxes for reasons such as education & birth control) also support this.

As far as the intellectual pioneers go, great advancements have come about when people have time for leisure. I'd bet that how sports started.

Are there still going to be people who want to be malicious? Maybe. If there is a biological reason for evil that we can understand and figure out, perhaps we can avert unfortunate situations (as far as human vs human goes). I for one have always hoped that humanity can understand our commonalities and break through the glass ceiling.

If I'm wrong, I hope I'm around to be proven so.

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