<div class="gmail_quote">On 11 January 2013 00:40, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The National Intelligence Council has just released its much<br>
anticipated forecasting report, a 140-page document that outlines<br>
major trends and technological developments we should expect in the<br>
next 20 years. Among their many predictions, the NIC foresees the end<br>
of U.S. global dominance, the rising power of individuals against<br>
states, a growing middle class that will increasingly challenge<br>
governments, and ongoing shortages in water, food and energy. But they<br>
also envision a future in which humans have been significantly<br>
modified by their technologies — what will herald the dawn of the<br>
transhuman era.<br></blockquote></div><br>Hey, I like my glass of fresh water like the next guy, but all that sounds for the rest overly optimistic... :-)<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Stefano Vaj