I do not place credence to any scenario put forth.
There are many factors that have been discussed that will come into play. I think we can make general future forcasts of inidvidual criteria but to say which ones will play the biggest roles is not forcastable.
Just fun stabs in the dark.
Will utopia happen?...again refer to the history of human nature.
Will the earth change?.....without a doubt.
Will we adapt to the change? Likely yes provided it is within our physical abilities.
Will we overcome our genaral selfishness before we destroy much of what we have? History says both yes and no...many societies have fallen because they have overrun themselves. I think diversity of human culture will help to avoid that being an all enveloping factor.
Will our curiosity in science bring about knowledge we will mishandle and missuse? without a doubt.
Might this bring about self destruction? That remains to be seen
Will it cause great problems? without a dout. History shows we tend to leap before we look.
Will some kind of epidemic run rampant? Eventually
Will it wipe us out? Not likely
The internet will play a huge role in the human factor concerning humans general understanding of our impact on the earth.
Cultural bariers may impare this understanding. to what degree remains to be seen.
On and on one could go. I am not so worried about natural changes...we must deal with those the best we can. We do have control over these except in a very small and limited way.
I would focus more on our impact on ourselves and our surroundings since that is what we stand a better chance of influencing.
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