What coming breakthrough will usher-in a new golden age for humanity? \ stacker news ~science

What coming breakthrough will usher-in a new golden age for humanity?

8080 sats \ 86 comments \ @Fabs 22 Jan science

The magic's in the title, fellow Stackies...

What's a technology or possibility that's very likely to come to fruition in the coming decade or two, and will usher-in a new (or true) golden age?!

I'm particularly interested in human biology, our genes and CRISPR/Cas9, as well as possible technological "upgrades" to our bodies, which might allow us to inch closer towards "immortality" - in the sense of not dying because of cells that stop renewing themselves.

While we're here already; any solid sources on the above?

Lets get typing, people.

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1018 sats \ 13 replies \ @siggy47 22 Jan

Life-like sex robots? Hey, don't shoot the messenger.

344 sats \ 2 replies \ @nullama 22 Jan

I think that's already quite a thing

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 23 Jan

I don’t see how they make sex robotics attractive enough in the physical realm. Im guessing VR headset plus robot is the way to go to allow infinite variety.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 22 Jan

I guess I'm out of the loop.

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 24 Jan

the porn industry is one of the quickest to adopt new technologies

286 sats \ 1 reply \ @OriginalSize 23 Jan

Imagine your surprise when the grey goo comes at you and starts sexy time.

144 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 23 Jan

I'm starting to regret my reply.

286 sats \ 0 replies \ @brandonsbytes 22 Jan

we don't have to. They will shoot you once your loving making skills fail to comply with their optimization suggestions.

286 sats \ 3 replies \ @birdeye21 22 Jan

Siggy we’re supposed to be talking golden ages here 😭 different strokes for different folks I guess!!

54 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 22 Jan

I am a cynical bastard.

308 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

No, you're our cynical bastard! 😭

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 24 Jan

i see what you did there

286 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

I thought about crossing a line there, not today, siggy-wiggy!

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Okay let's cross it together, shall we?

They're called Females.

846 sats \ 8 replies \ @justanumber 22 Jan

I'm the complete opposite! haha Although, I am also super interested in human biology. I believe we have to get back to our natural way of being to survive as a species. There are some that say most people on the planet have all they need to keep them healthy within a few miles of their homes and I'm talking stuff that comes out of the ground - not supermarkets, shops, pharmacy, doctors, science labs etc.

30 sats \ 7 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

People won't be returning to our "natural" way of life, because we simply don't know how the fuck we would go about surviving without electricity.

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @justanumber 22 Jan

I'm not talking about going back to the dark ages! lol. Nobody has to survive without electricity, it's very easily generated.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Than what are you envisioning?

Cause I'd like a more "natural" society, too, but imo that would start with communities of max. 150 people.

3 sats \ 4 replies \ @justanumber 22 Jan

Our bodies have the power to heal themselves naturally when given the right conditions, nutrition, grounding, sunlight amongst other things, plus eliminating the toxins and other factors that are damaging us. Our bodies actually want to heal themselves, we just keep sabotaging them with what we do and/or don't do everyday. I'm not against scientific help, though, that can be helpful at times. I'm just speaking generally.

As far as communities go. For me, that's a tough one. I would like to do more research on that. It seems to me like humans can't help but form communities but inevitably end up falling out. Ego, power, jealously seems to get in the way. Have you done much research into communities yourself? Why do you come to the number of 150?

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Have you done much research into communities yourself? Kinda.

Have a look at the summary I posted today, it's a work in progress, but it also goes into that topic.

#396608

For the above to be possible, we would have to step away and eliminate all existing toxins from our environment, which is nigh-impossible I think.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @justanumber 22 Jan

Thx will try to read that tomorrow as it's bed time where I am.

True, we can't eliminate all toxins, especially when so many people around us keep poisoning our environment. Nevertheless, there are still many people who are healing themselves naturally.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

I would really appreciate some feedback on it :)

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760 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 22 Jan

I'm particularly interested in human biology, our genes and CRISPR/Cas9, as well as possible technological "upgrades" to our bodies, which might allow us to inch closer towards "immortality" - in the sense of not dying because of cells that stop renewing themselves.

I'm decidedly not bullish on CRISPR's prospects for humanity. I think a future like GATTACA is more likely than some golden age of humanity.

I would say something related to unlimited clean energy, like if we could harness the sun's power via a dyson sphere, but obviously we're not close to that... and given human nature we're probably gonna screw that up too and use it for all sorts of bad things.

Ultimately it's going to be renewed morality that ushers in a new golden age rather than new technology. That's my belief, anyway.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Not bullish on CRISPR? Why?! I think it could open-up some pretty important and interesting opportunities.

Could you expand on GATTACA? Is it a goal or an abbreviation?

A Dyson sphere would classify us as a type 1. Civilization, which is still far far out of our reach.

How would that morality be renewed, and why would it not be compromised?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23 Jan

Gattaca was a dystopian movie about genetic discrimination. In the future, rich people could afford designer babies, natural non-modified people were looked down upon, and the genetically imperfect were segregated and relegated to menial jobs

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 23 Jan

Hmm, could very well be the outcome for us, too.

I'm simply relying on the moral debates keeping such a possibility at bay, though.

756 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jan

Taking the prompt literally, asteroid mining. There's so much gold up there and gold is incredibly useful for a ton of applications.

49 sats \ 1 reply \ @brandonsbytes 22 Jan

Makes me think of Neal Stephenson's Seveneves. Also, such a fun thought that my kids or grandkids could be rocket scientists and astronauts because there is a whole industry that needs skilled workers in space.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jan

It is fun to think about, but I think it will pretty much just be robots up there.

28 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

But go on, how would be go about that, and what's being done in that regard?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jan

Many of the richest people in the world are already working on asteroid mining projects. There are different approaches being considered:

Wait for a relatively near approach and try to mine whatever minerals happen to be present.
Identify a particularly suitable asteroid and send robot miners out to it.
Try to nudge a mineral rich asteroid into Earth orbit and then send the robot miners up.

28 sats \ 3 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

...That, and it would absolutely tank Gold's price into the ground, establishing Bitcoin as the #1 SoV.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jan

Partially correct. It's very resource intensive to go get it, so they're not going to mine so much that it's not worth having mined it.

I actually see bitcoin displacing gold as the premiere SoV as doing the same thing as asteroid mining. The monetary premium fades away and a bunch of this really cool material gets freed up for industrial and artistic use.

28 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Let's aim for $Silver's MCap in the meantime, shall we.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jan

The wheel weaves as the wheel will.

693 sats \ 3 replies \ @nullama 22 Jan

I think the synergy between all these new things happening like quantum technology, generative AI, treating death as an illness, etc.

I think someone in the world alive today will be the last person to die from natural causes.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Oehh, yeah! I like the vibe you're setting, go on!

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullama 22 Jan

I think you might like to listen to David Sinclair.

A few months ago they made a great breakthrough:

Harvard scientists have identified a drug combo that may reverse aging in just one week: ‘A step towards affordable whole-body rejuvenation’

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Yeah, gimme more of that stuff. Get those fingers going!

571 sats \ 3 replies \ @fiatbad 22 Jan

I'm not really sure how I feel about being called a "stackie".....

It's hip and catchy. But it's also giving me some strong Carlton vibes.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

If it makes you sleep more tight at night, you can be my little Crackie, too. 🤫🤭

Explain me the Carlton-vibes though, I'm not in the know about that...

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @fiatbad 22 Jan

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

🤣🤣🤣, as awesome as fitting.

564 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 22 Jan

nuclear fusion

693 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Go on.

10 sats \ 12 replies \ @kr 22 Jan

i’m not sure anyone (here or elsewhere) has a good grasp on what technology is “very likely” to succeed in the next decade or two.

personally, it’s hard enough for me to try and predict whether Apple’s current vision pro headset will succeed… and that’s not even considering what kinds of effects it will have on humanity as a whole if it does succeed.

543 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 22 Jan

Apple has always been a trend setter.

Smart watches were a thing for a long time but it was only when Apple did it when they became mainstream.

Same with the smartphone of course.

And I think this is the time for mixed reality (VR/AR). They will make this mainstream where others like Google have failed.

The thing is that I don't think it will be as popular as the phones. I think it will match the watches popularity.

0 sats \ 10 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

That's not really nice of you to say, kr-kr, you're inadvertently calling us technical imbeciles.

I'll forgive you if you take another shot, though. 🤫🥰

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @kr 22 Jan

hah not my intention… i’m just really skeptical that anyone has that kind of predictive power.

regardless, i’ll take my best guess at your original question and say zoning regulations and electric vehicles.

i think there are studies showing people are happier when they live within a 5 minute walk of their friends, and electric vehicles (scooters, bikes, boards, etc…) might be able to re-shape cities to have higher density, more connection, lower noise, lower stress, and lower costs.

the impact of all of that might be enough to meaningfully change expected lifespans of entire communities.

656 sats \ 4 replies \ @justanumber 22 Jan

so 5 minute cities as opposed to 15 minute cities?

most of these "studies" are paid for to skew a particular result

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr 22 Jan

yeah something like that. who are these studies paid for by? curious to hear the arguments against a 5 or 15 minute city

569 sats \ 2 replies \ @justanumber 22 Jan

They make it sound like some sort of utopia but it's the surveillance and other things that go along with it that they don't mention. I visited UK in the summer. Wow, are they sleepwalking into a surveillance state!! There are lots of arguments against 5-20 mins cities but right now I have to go to bed! 😆

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr 22 Jan

hah fair enough. would love to hear your full thoughts on the topic another time, might be a good idea for a full post of its own

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

I see what you've done there, cowboy.

reply on another page

451 sats \ 3 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Hm, it would increase the liveability for sure, though.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 22 Jan

a bit of an out-of-the-box answer, i might have a different opinion if i had a deeper understanding of biology and cutting edge genetics innovations

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

You've redeemed yourself, there's nothing left to worry about, for now...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 22 Jan

😅

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 22 Jan

You're currently living through it.

The internet, mobile devices, computers with actually nice UI, endless amouts of entertainment with high quality ... it's all just 10-20 years old.

One day you'll be 90 years old and think back to today and how it all was an exciting new adventure. Maybe you're not seeing it now. But you will when you'll be 90yo.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

It really is crazy how exponentially fast it went, true.

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Krv 22 Jan

Imo, there will be no great breakthroughs unless we can take away the theft of resources from the population by the ruling parasites. Until then it will be a perpetual cycle of boom and bust and hopefully it never totally destroys humanity. Bitcoin has moved us toward taking the ability to rob the population via money printing. But, I think much more needs to be done before they can stop destroying human progress.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

... Such as killing the parasites?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Krv 22 Jan

I don't think that is feasible and runs down very dangerous paths with unpredictable outcomes. Ideally, create mechanisms via technology that makes it impossible or against their interests to engage in their parasitism.

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryptofolyo 22 Jan

1000 year aging

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryptofolyo 22 Jan

next 10 years tech give u 100 year additional bonus next 100 years tech give u 1000 year additional bonus next 1000 years tech give u 10000 year additional bonus So on till immortality

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Fine, and how do you come to this certainty?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @godlikeXi 3 Feb

Hostile extraterrestrial alien invasion.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 3 Feb

Expand on that.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @godlikeXi 3 Feb

Humans are tribal on a surface level - color, language, affiliation etc. With a hostile external enemy it will force humanity to work as a collective to make strides in technology and innovation. Internet came from DoD/DARPA. Nukes came from DoD. Space flight came from NASA - all in time of WAR. The Tribe is Humanity. Period. Until we work together we will spiral into war and stupidity. Like we have since the first ape slew another for access to females and food. We are BETTER than this.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kurszusz 24 Jan

It exist a "technology" developed by Hungarians from 2015-2023, that allow parents - who want to have children(s) - to opt about they children tendency about disease / sickness. In other words parents can ask that their child to avoid several serious disease.

This is a genetical implementation, tested for 8 years in laboratory, and it is planned to be implement in practice this year.

I think - if this technology will be applied successfully - will be a real progress for a "new golden age of humanity". If succesful, it is inevitable for inventors to be awarded with Nobel

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @maxBTC 23 Jan

532D

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 23 Jan

... Care to tell some more about it?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @f6287b82CC84bcbd 23 Jan

Mining bitcoins with a dyson sphere

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 23 Jan

The singularity. Humans are useless in space. And therefore, we are doomed. Computers do not require oxygen nor food/water and toilets. We are just a bridge to a new form of intelligence that will vastly eclipse our own. We are clearing the way for superhuman AI that will conquer space and spread across the galaxy.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @fredosha 23 Jan

Being able to send your consciousness to a faraway place and feel everything that is going on as if you were present physically.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @f6287b82CC84bcbd 23 Jan

Already exists. Its called DMT

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 23 Jan

Oh yeah, I've been contemplating on signing up for a DMT-session for a while now, but the chicken wing I am has mucho respect for that stuff.

Tell us something about it, come on, share something.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @f6287b82CC84bcbd 23 Jan

its like bitcoin.. nothing in the world is real anymore.

Bitcoin and DMT (and any other psychedelics) is more real

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 22 Jan

Neural Link type tech and AI will revolutionize medicine after it revolutionizes war.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kytt 22 Jan

I think stupidly cheap, nearly free energy, is much closer than most anticipate.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

And what would this enable us to do exactly?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kytt 22 Jan

What would stupidly cheap energy enable us to do? It would enable us to to prosper. Think of anything that requires energy to perform and think of that with little to no energy cost.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 23 Jan

Yeah no shit, but what would we be directing this newfound wealth of energy into specifically? What technologies would make us proper?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @quark 22 Jan

The ultimate technology is AGI and ASI. Making humans obsolete, if they decide so. They, the next step in intelligence evolution.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 22 Jan

Meh.