Will the human species cease to exist in two generations?

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Biotech / Medical
Will the human species cease to exist in two generations?

An SI Board Since March 2000

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Sun Microsystems co-founder and chief scientist, Bill Joy has "written an extraordinary critique of accelerating technological change in which he suggests that new technologies could cause 'something like extinction' of humankind within the next two generations" Three decades from now will biosystems supplant humanity? Can anything save us?

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4	Anybody home in here?	Patricia Trinchero	-	4/18/2008
3	...for some reason this sci-fi future reality stuff seems sooooooo gloomy. an	Apex	-	3/18/2000
2	<i>As for the gloom and doom scenarios, I suppose anything is possible. I	Jorj X Mckie	-	3/16/2000
1	On some levels, these advances sound like an improvement to me. Did you read B	chalu2	-	3/16/2000

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