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Ahh, what exciting times we live in. Just look at the example applications: - autonomous vehicles - autopilot drone - personal assistant - personal robots

Ahh, what exciting times we live in. Just look at the example applications: - autonomous vehicles - autopilot drone - personal assistant - personal robots - ... i know it's optimistic, but it's not science-fiction.

akerro 10y ago
- running out of natural resources - child slavery to build new iPhones in Africa and China - killing and burning wildlife to build new farms in Latin America - still not having any solution for problem of drinkable water in 2/3 of World What a time to be alive!
- grzm 10y ago
  Yes, the world is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Lots of things to be improved. If you could choose another time to live in, when would it be?
  - akerro 10y ago
    Wow, that's a great question. I can't decide if it would be in 20 years or 40 years ago. Just to be part or witness of creating Internet as we know it or as we will see it! When some of the above problems don't exist any more because of technological advancement and some worsen because of the very same reason, but we no longer see them, because no one is looking at the wild parts of the world.
- LeanderK 10y ago
  well, i was very active for greenpeace/other environmental organisations/the green party youth in germany. I know of these issues and it's getting better, but it's still awfully slow and frustrating. If you want some improvements way fewer are starving[0], food security improved for millions. I know there is no rational reason for children to starve, humanity produces enough food, but frankly we (as in first world) don't care. We really don't care. Most just donate something on the end of the month and think they are no part of the solution. But try explaining to people that they should scale back their consumption. They do stuff as long as there is not the slightest inconvenience. I really think that in a weird way technology can help (not solve) overcome, or better compensate for our human stupidity in some of these issues. Not alone, of course. But right now i don't see a path for me that's more effective in tackling these problems at the same rate as improving technology. (if you want to see it more pragmatic: NGO's really need some better tools, especially for campaigning and training (this may be the most important, most are volunteers). It is often very unprofessionlized and inefficient. It's really holding some of them back.) Maybe there will be a time when i see more potential impact for my personal political ambitions, but right now i don't see how this is going to work better than studying computer science. Also, it's been worse for humanity ;) We dropped like flies in the end of the 19. century due to diseases. [0] https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/world-hunger-falls-under-800-million-eradication-next-goal-0 https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/world-hunger-falls-und...

akerro 10y ago

- running out of natural resources - child slavery to build new iPhones in Africa and China - killing and burning wildlife to build new farms in Latin America - still not having any solution for problem of drinkable water in 2/3 of World What a time to be alive!

grzm 10y ago
Yes, the world is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Lots of things to be improved. If you could choose another time to live in, when would it be?
- akerro 10y ago
  Wow, that's a great question. I can't decide if it would be in 20 years or 40 years ago. Just to be part or witness of creating Internet as we know it or as we will see it! When some of the above problems don't exist any more because of technological advancement and some worsen because of the very same reason, but we no longer see them, because no one is looking at the wild parts of the world.
LeanderK 10y ago
well, i was very active for greenpeace/other environmental organisations/the green party youth in germany. I know of these issues and it's getting better, but it's still awfully slow and frustrating. If you want some improvements way fewer are starving[0], food security improved for millions. I know there is no rational reason for children to starve, humanity produces enough food, but frankly we (as in first world) don't care. We really don't care. Most just donate something on the end of the month and think they are no part of the solution. But try explaining to people that they should scale back their consumption. They do stuff as long as there is not the slightest inconvenience. I really think that in a weird way technology can help (not solve) overcome, or better compensate for our human stupidity in some of these issues. Not alone, of course. But right now i don't see a path for me that's more effective in tackling these problems at the same rate as improving technology. (if you want to see it more pragmatic: NGO's really need some better tools, especially for campaigning and training (this may be the most important, most are volunteers). It is often very unprofessionlized and inefficient. It's really holding some of them back.) Maybe there will be a time when i see more potential impact for my personal political ambitions, but right now i don't see how this is going to work better than studying computer science. Also, it's been worse for humanity ;) We dropped like flies in the end of the 19. century due to diseases. [0] https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/world-hunger-falls-under-800-million-eradication-next-goal-0 https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/world-hunger-falls-und...