NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ubiquitous Computing, Genetic Predisposition, Reductionism
20 Mar 2016
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Three pillars of science: matter, life, mind. 20th century (age of reductionism) & 21st century (age of mastery) Discussed what mastery is when talking about mastery of nature. Concept in this century, synergy between the two revolutions, in the future, scientists who have one knowledge of revolution won"t be enough, they will need knowledge all three revolutions. Wealth of nations is based upon the natural resources of a country or nation, and economics is revolved around that. If there is a nation which masters all three revolutions, they will become wealthy and powerful. You can"t just magically change a system over night there might be resistance to such a big change. Three alternative visions of the future (21st century: a society crippled. Consequence of backlash might continue not with standing the backlash, or put everything to a halt as a result of digesting the true consequences (might result in the dark ages)
