http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2010/nov/16/idea-time-come/
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future.html
The comments below are from listening/watching the above programs.
I agree with the idea of ideas perpetuating themselves and somewhat queuing humanity when the timing is right. I have always thought it to be a peculiar thing how major, original events happen nearly simultaneously all over the world. It's not just ideas either. It also happens chemically. More interconnectedness. It makes sense that it is the preliminary creations that are the catalysts for the new ideas. It's like how we think we know the smallest things in existence until we get a stronger microscope.
The optimistic approach to technology concerns me. It is a double edged sword. It seems the mentality of relying on technology to save us from the challenges we face does not consider a threshold or carrying capacity of people on the Earth. I'm sure we can do more, lots more, through technology to dominate the environment around us. I would much rather figure out a way to live in more harmony with the environment and limitations it places upon us.
When these two ideas are combined it seems inevitable that we would continue to evolve technology and that technology is beginning to evolve us. We are growing together and it may be us that is becoming more dependent on technology than technology is us. As usual, there is a paradox involved in the evaluation of the merits of technology. On one hand it's the best stuff ever. On the other it will be our downfall.
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