Glowing future predicted by UN "State of the Future Report"
July 30 2008 / by futuretalk / In association with Future Blogger.net
Category: Other Year: 2008 Rating: 4 Hot
By Dick Pelletier
We’ve seen the future … and we may not be doomed. The just
published 2008 United Nations report, with input from 2,500 experts
from around the world finds life is improving for people worldwide
– but governments are failing to grasp the opportunities offered.
“This is a unique time in history. Mobile phones, the Internet, international trade, language translation and jet planes are giving birth to an interdependent humanity that can create and implement global strategies to improve its prospects,” the report states. “It is increasingly clear that the world has the resources to address our common challenges. Ours is the first generation with the means for many to know the world as a whole, identify global improvement systems, and seek to improve them.”
The world is about to enjoy a prosperous future with an unprecedented ability to extend lifespan and increase the power of ordinary people. The life extension movement is growing exponentially and could be the next significant field targeted by venture capitalists as alternative energy and clean tech wane.
Made possible by soaring healthcare costs, unfunded Medicare-type liabilities in every industrialized nation, and the demographic aging of populations, the rapidly expanding life extension industry encompasses the commercialization of scientific findings from stem cell, genetic engineering, regenerative medicine, human enhancements, and other areas of health research.
“Advances in science, technology, education, economics, and management,” the report continues, “seems capable of making the world work far better than it does today.” Medical breakthroughs are offering the hope of defeating inherited diseases, tailoring cures to individual patients – and even creating replacement body parts.
