![]() Next-generation sequencing arrived in six years, not the Moore's law estimate of six decades. Since my group works on transformative technologies (genome reading and writing, aging reversal, mirror life, molecular computing, synthetic neurobiology and immunology), we might be able to see possible futures (emphatically plural) a bit earlier than most people - and hence have a responsibility to discuss, far in advance, potential extreme outcomes (mixtures of positive and negative). Humans are possibly the only species that can comprehend events 13.8 billion years ago and 100 trillion years from now - and successfully execute multi-century plans. George Church, PhD, Founding Core Faculty & Lead, Synthetic Biology, Wyss Institute at Harvard University Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard and MIT Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Director, Personal Genome Project Sense of touch and smell will further complement this technology, making it as real as the physical world. Television and phones will become obsolete and holography will replace them. Quantum computing will make computers so powerful and network connectivity so fast that a small data center will be enough to serve the needs of all humanity. Space travel will become a common mode of transport, allowing us to travel to places such as colonies on solar planets, and planetary moons. People and companies will produce their own electricity using reusable energy sources, making power plants and the use of fossil fuels obsolete. New modes of terrestrial transportation will be invented that will allow us to travel many times the speeds we are currently accustomed to. We will be able to reverse global warming and secure the future of the planet. I imagine we will find vaccines to prevent the onset of diseases, allowing us to extend the average human lifespan by at least 20 years. Sanskar Agrawal, Junior Academy student, Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington, NJ I Imagine: Cures, Holograms and World Peace ![]()
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