The Ten Most Important Emerging Technologies for Humanity
Introduction
In modern society, there’s very little discussion about what’s needed to fundamentally improve our
collective quality of life. How do we evolve our societies into something more productive, more
rewarding, and more in harmony with our natural environment?
Answers are found in many disciplines: psychology, spirituality and religion, health and wellness,
and even sociopolitical theory. In this paper, however, I focus on answers that may be provided
by technology.
My name is Mike Adams, I’m the president & CEO of Arial Software, the executive director of
the Consumer Wellness Research Center, and author of several books and audio programs on
nutrition, medical ethics and food toxicology. I’m also the primary
contributor to a number of
websites covering technology and medicine, including TechnologyNews.info, FutureWheels.com,
SpamAnatomy.com, and HealthFactor.info.
The ten technologies covered here each hold tremendous promise for
uplifting our collective
quality of life on planet Earth. Some of these technologies have already begun to appear; others
will take years or decades. A few are stalled out for political reasons or because they threaten the
profits of today’s influential institutions or industries.
Most of these technologies will, at some point, be hotly debated for their social, economic, and
political implications. Like nuclear energy, each of these holds both a promise for creative use and,
simultaneously, the risk of abuse by those who seek to gain power and control at the expense of
fellow human beings. Taken together, however, these technologies can not only sharply improve
the world in which we live, they can alter who we are as human beings, and in this way, they can
forever shape and improve our quality of life.
