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【英语发言稿~主题是：Lifeinthefuture.要求就一个方面写.比如：交通,医疗,教育等.字数够说5分钟就行高一水平即可.好的我还可以再加分!】
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英语发言稿~主题是：Lifeinthefuture.要求就一个方面写.
比如：交通,医疗,教育等.字数够说5分钟就行高一水平即可.
好的我还可以再加分!
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FUTUREHISTORY
Ofcoursewecannotknowforsurewhatwillhappeninthefuture.However,byprojectingpresent-dayknowledgewecanmakesomeplausibleguesses.Thiswebsitepresentsstoriesandessaysaboutthe21stcentury.Intheessays,Itrytocreateaconvincingpictureofhowthecenturymightdevelop,bywritingfromthevantagepointofafuturehistorian.
TheapproachIfollowisthatofsciencefiction,notfantasy.Iamnotinterestedinspeculationsthatdonothaveasecurebasisinscience,suchastelepathy,ortimetravel,orreligiousmiracles.Predictionsbasedonourcurrentscientificknowledgearealreadyastonishingenough.Considerthesethreestatements,whichhaveseemedlikeeternaltruthsformostofhumanhistory:
Everybodyhastodie.
Humansarethemostintelligentbeingsintheworld.
Livingthingsaredistinctfrommanufacturedthings.
Incompanywithmanyfuturologists,Ithinkallthreeofthesestatementswillprobablybeoverturnedduringthepresentcentury:
Barringaccidents,peoplewillremaineternallyyoung.
(Horrors!Whataboutover-population?)
Unlesswereinforcethehumanbrainwithfasterhardware,computerisedagentswillsurpasshumanintelligence.
(Themachineswilltakeover!)
Manufacturedobjectswillacquireacomplexitythatrivalsorsurpassesplantsandanimals,thusblurringthecleardividinglinethatwenowperceive.
(Thingswon'tbenaturalanymore!)
Whatwilllifebelikeinsuchaworld?Whatwillourrolebe?Weneedtothinkboldlyandrealisticallyabouttheseissues,ratherthanretreatingintopessimisticclichesornostalgiaforthepresent.
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