Future of Humanity and Technology

Uh, I think it's just going to get weirder

and weirder and weirder, and

finally, it's going to be so weird that people are going to have to

talk about how weird it is. I look for the invention

of artificial life, the cloning of human beings, uh,

possible contact with extraterrestrials, possible human

immortality, appalling acts of brutality,

genocide. Because, uh, the systems which

are in place to keep the world

sane are in-- utterly inadequate to the

forces that have been unleashed. The good news is

that as primates, we're incredibly

adaptable. Going to be tested to the limits.

What they see going on is the breakdown of all tradition,

all order. They're quite right that it's happening, but

they're quite wrong to conclude that it should be resisted or

is somehow evil. Uh, the mushroom said to me

once, it said, "This is what it's like when a species

prepares to depart for the stars." You don't

depart for the stars under calm and orderly

conditions. It's a fire in a madhouse.