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opinion
James J. Hughes
Getting from
1932 to 1945
f the future is coming
at an ever accelerating pace, then perhaps we can get from
1932 to 1945 in
record time. This current global step
back from modernity - from Trumpism, Putinism, Erdogan, and the new
Fascist International to jihadism, Brexit, and Chinese repression - could be
over in a couple of years, barring the
installation of permanent totalitarianism. How it will end,
how democratic institutions and liberal values
will re-assert themselves
in the newest phase of
the three century-old
struggle for the Enlightenment, will differ from
country to country. What
will remain constant is
the synergy between
social and scientific progress. Besides the work we
all have to do as citizens
to defend the vulnerable
and stand against the rising tide, we scientists,
technologists, and engineers have a special
responsibility to look
ahead and build a prosperous future.
We are quickly entering a cyborg
future, and it will be a wild ride.
Global connectedness has been
thrust on monkey brains, and their
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Responsibilities of Scientists
and Engineers in Times
of Chaos and Upheaval
amygdalas have rebelled with the
deepest, darkest tribalisms. Expectations of predictable lives of education-career-retirement are being
destroyed by expert systems, robotics, and electronic disintermediation. Medicine is radically extending
life spans, and allowing us to blur
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gender boundaries, boost our intelligence, and control our emotions.
Designed micro-organisms with nanorobotic parts will roam our blood
streams and brains. We will be forced
to pump silica dust into the atmosphere to cool the planet, to give our
genetically engineered carbon sink
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