There are a couple key things I want to talk about. I was recently watching a very interesting documentary with Steven Hawking. He said that in order for mankind to survive long term we must accomplish two main goals: become self-sustaining and multi-planetary.
Self-Sustaining-
Although it is easy to say that wind, solar, and nuclear fission are the most efficient alternative methods currently in use, they are not the best. Nuclear fusion is the ultimate in energy possibilities, and scientists across the globe are currently experimenting with different methods on smaller scales. It is a very exiting proposition to have a similar process that powers stars available to power the world with zero carbon or radioactive output. The governments of the world are in close competition for resources as the world continues to overpopulate and this would buy us some time for the people to have their say in free energy.
With the trillions of dollars spent on military advancements and to huge contractors with an invested interest in chaos and destruction, we are stuck in a perpetual cycle until the people stand up. There are many different ways to end war, but lets be clear taking guns away from peaceful people is not acceptable. If you do no real harm to others, your conduct is no one's business. That should be the only law of the world, the golden rule.
After we end perpetual war, we can use all of our technology and research to perfect amazing things like 3D printing of carbon to repair even human tissue or being able to create anything you can dream of if you know the chemical composition you want to 3D print with. Also, using fusion to produce micro technology to power anything virtually endlessly. Even man's greatest dream of going to the stars is possible with the technological breakthroughs a world without war could create.
Multi-Planetary-
Using carbon nanotubes and 3D printing technology, as well as fusion reactors and emerging rocket technologies, we can colonize our solar system as well as venture into the stars and become the pioneers sci-fi has long imagined we could be. As long as our focus is on material possessions and the status quo, we will destroy our planet and all the technology man has so far created will be meaningless. I think that's why so many people are interested in the potential impact of 2012, whether it be a physical change in the planet or a change in awareness like I believe it is. For our hope and future, we must stop our obsession with destroying ourselves and our planet. It is possible to build heaven on earth, if we all want it.
That's why the most important question to ask yourself should be "What kind of world do I want to create for the future?" If everyone asks themselves that question we can advance to the point where we could get to Mars in a matter of days instead of 8+ months, we could venture out to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn with potential frozen oceans underneath. If we stop telling ourselves we don't know what to do so we don't care, we can do all these things and more.
Most importantly, if we have the technology to become self-sustaining on earth, it will be easy to take that anywhere we decide to go in the universe. Simulated gravity, micro technology making medicine even better, quantum computing, and 3D printing whatever food you want are just the icing on the cake.
These are my dreams for the future. If mankind wants to evolve, we must end war, become self-sustaining, and multi-planetary. Then all our dreams can become reality. Who doesn't want to give their children and their loved ones paradise? It is possible, anything is.
