WEBXISTENCE se concentra precisamente en debatir y proponer aspectos relativos a la existencia del ser humano, su relación y habitación en el tiempo, que planteo para nuestros efectos es el pasado y las conexiones entre la existencia, la mente, la conciencia y Dios.
Why Do We Need to Predict the Future? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
Introduction
Mark WeaverIn 1931, The Times celebrated its 80th birthday by invitingHenry Ford and seven other American innovators to predict what life would be like in 80 years.
W.J. Mayo, the founder of the Mayo Clinic, said that by 2011, the average life span, then only 54, would rise to 70(it is 77.9). The physicist Arthur Compton, noting China's rise, said "science will no longer be a monopoly of the West." William Ogburn, a sociologist, said "people will become more nervous and mental disorders will rise for a time, but by 2011 mental hygienists will probably have the upper hand."
Seriously Off Track: When Smart People Get It WrongEven though prognostications turn out to be wrong as often as they are right, why do they have such enduring power and appeal? What purpose have they served, from ancient times to our information age? This is the first of two Room for Debate forums exploring these questions. Tomorrow, we will hear fromJaron Lanier, Robert J. Shiller, Elif Batuman, David Ropeik and Sherry Turkle.
Read the Discussion »Debaters
We'll All Go Extinct One Day
Simon Winchester, author, "Krakatoa"Technology 25 Years Hence
Ray Kurzweil, inventor and authorThe Power of 'I Told You So'
Stacy Schiff, author, "Cleopatra: A Life"The Search for Simplicity
John McWhorter, author, "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue"Unintended Consequences
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