This blog (and some future ones, I also want to cover the same for Fantasy) were prompted by two books I have read recently. The first being ‘Zero Point (Owner Trilogy 2)’ by Neal Asher […]
Tag: future
What will we be doing in the future – (3)
So over the last few blogs I have agonised over the affect of increasing mechanisation, robots and computers taking over much of what we currently call ‘work’. The bottom line as I see it is […]
What will we be doing in the future – part 2
In the last blog set out a case that with cleverer and cleverer machines there can only be increased mechanisation of ‘traditional’ jobs. Also that these will not be restricted to basic manufacturing. Now I […]
Men and machines – and what does it mean to be human?
A couple of months ago I produced two blogs discussing robots and androids; why would we want them to look like us and what would human like androids get out of life. These seemed to generate quite […]
Life, how long can we live (part3) – How will that affect society?
If we can live for hundreds of years will ‘young’ and ‘old will lose their meaning? How will that affect society?