> In 1300 years, global warming will render a good portion of the planet uninhabitable without artificial climate controls... The way things are going, that is

> In 1300 years, global warming will render a good portion of the planet uninhabitable without artificial climate controls... The way things are going, that is looking like less than 100 years. The increasing pollution and degradation of the biosphere, rising sea levels and more will drastically change civilization. And even if those things don't take us out, the robot uprising / Singularity / whatever is highly likely to completely destroy civilization, and in the best-case scenario, replace it with something better.