Joel Garreau is a reporter for the Washington Post and author of Radical Evolution. This is what I learnt from him today in reading his piece in EnlightenNext - each and everyone of us must prevail.
He describes 3 scenarios: heaven, hell and prevail. He cites trends in four major technology sectors - genetic, robotic, informational, and nanotech. Here's an except that describes why the "right answer" is the prevail scenarios:
About the middle-ages: "Looking at the future of the human race from the perspective of that time, you could be forgiven for thinking that we were pretty much toast. You'd be seeing marauding hordes and plagues and all sorts of evil stuff. You'd probably be thinking, "God, this isn't going to end up well." Then all of a sudden, in 1450, along came the printing press, and there was a new way of storing, sharing, collecting, and distributing ideas that was previously unimaginable. This led to the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, which gave birth to science, democracy, and eventually to the world we have today. What's interesting is that all of this change was beyond the imagination of any one king or country. It was the collective action of millions of humans organizing themselves in a bottom-up way. They didn't wait for the leaders to tell them what to do but changed their world to produce things as best they could."
That is what you are part of my friends, as a ResonantMan (or ResonantWoman).
Blessings!
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