Human Survival

ChatGPT vs. A Science Fiction Writer There is an amazing new AI chat language model called ChatGPT to which I put through a few paces in the following…michael-mcanally.medium.com ROUND #2: ChatGPT vs. A Science Fiction Writer I wrote a previous article in collaboration with ChatGPT here:michael-mcanally.medium.com ROUND #4: ChatGPT vs. A Science Fiction Writer, In Which I Declare Myself The Winner! If you have not been following this series, there are a number of articles which preceed this one:michael-mcanally.medium.com

(Immortality Technology) At 24, diagnosed with a pre-cancer metaplasia stage called Barrett Esophagus from an untreated GERD, Its been 7 years now and I know that my time is almost near. Always the near death experience daily that keep me going today to become more bolder on my action and…

Let me attempt to draw the stereotypical image of a tribe before we get into the crux of this article. Somewhere in the deep woods, there is a small clearing with a few huts. Women, kids, and some elderly members of the tribe are engaged in chatting or some mundane…

Sustaining Childish Consumerism Is No Option If We Want To Survive — The human race can no longer afford to cling to a child-like, illogical behavior insisting on eternal economic growth in a limited environment — thereby destroying its livelihood. For its survival, humanity needs a positive narrative regarding economic degrowth. …

Has the illusion of control caused humanity to forget the purpose of life? — Intro There are 2 very different question which people sometimes think are the same. Mixing these 2 questions is a big mistake. 1. What is the Purpose of life? 2. What is the purpose of your life? Here we try to answer the first question. The 2nd will come later. …

Human conflict of one sort or another has been present since one human desired what another human possessed. As a species our behaviours have changed very little since the stone age. Our worth in the eyes of the majority of people is still judged by our material wealth. There are…

Climate denial is dead. To avoid our extinction, the easy part is seeing what needs to be done and planning it: we sequester carbon, limit our population, give up fossil fuels, fund water purification projects, and so on. None of that has been mysterious. It’s also the no-brainer part of…

Photo by Lukas from Pexels Think Yugoslavia but with nuclear weapons, AI-controlled drones, and soldier bots. As tempted as we are to make predictions, we live in an inherently unpredictable universe. Luck can make geniuses into fools and fools into geniuses. …