Hello Mr. Hitterdale,
My name is Margarita Iudin.
I read your essay without rating it. I stop rating essays because I feel confused about how the authors rate each other.
These are my remarks
1. what the persistence of human civilization does mean for you
zoom in
The Quaternary, glacial-interglacial periods, questionable conditions for the persistence
The Holocene, interglacial period, some conditions
more than one civilization
Timeline of the so called Western civilization and its transformations
diversity has increased, yes no, the change in a kind of diversity
before Sumer
Sumer, written language, agronomic melioration
Akkad, consolidation, empire, hierarchy, multiple social stratification
Mesopotamia, sciences, arts, systems of faith, cultural memos
Egypt, sciences, arts, systems of faith, cultural memos
The Mediterranean world, sciences, arts, systems of faith, cultural memos
Spread around, Judeo-Christianity-Islam
Centers of influences, the first world, the second world nations and countries and so on
Globalization, we will see what will come out of assimilation and loss of identity
2. Transhumanism Singularity hypothesis transhumanists
Your referral to wikipedia as a reputable source HmHmHm
Are you familiar with the process of the article submission to wikipedia?
Human consciousness is a part of the universal consciousness, consciousness
transcends material world, and so on
All things including humanity exist in transformation
Believe me, anybody who can foresee post human affairs will not say a word.
The true foreseers live upon the Divine force,
God Will Hunting, In Hebrew it sounds something like that sheh ha-kol ieheh ba dvaro
Please draw your conclusions based on whether the transhumanists make living out of their prophecies or not
3. Lifespan extension nay
What about cleansing of the soul and rebirth of the soul
4 Google, systematic research a good shot, Google guys do a great work indeed,
I need to check Kurzweil, a child prodigy, inventor, pianos are good, friend of Richard Glass,the composer,
the series of life crises, 400 hundred pills daily or weekly, personal trainers, wants to live a long life
pass, I do not remember the main thing about Kurzweil
not everybody can live a worthy life after the major life crisis
5 Evidently humanity is at a turning point may be, may be not
global amateurism
climate panic money money money
green energy money money money
etc.
6 unified consciousness stop
There is collective consciousness
You may want to read about quorum sensing in literature on cellular biology
Phenomena of quorum sensing help us to better understand the workings of collective consciousness
Alas, I have considered your thoughts.
I read Harvard magazine, not SA
http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2096
Imagining the future humanity by Margarita Iudin
Please read my essay on your convenience and share your opinion.
Good luck,
M Iudin