Will there still be an environment by then? :P

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humans will be wiped out by then.......

I don't believe in the hip ideas about humanity wiping itself out.

As for how they will see us. My guess would be not quite like we see The people from the year 1000 but more like how we see the people from the 16th or 17th century. While technology development accelerates with time I think moral development slows down. Also I think they'll picture our society very differently from how we do and more like a 50s to 90s hybrid.

I once listened to a radio series of the far future called Ruby.

She was trying to explain to her companion AndOr somthing like this:

"Back in those days they thought the news was real."

"No way!", exclaims AndOr.

Ruby explains, "Yes, back then they didn't have the media savy we have today. They didn't realize that the news was just images constructed for their entertainment."

5000 years of civilization, and we're still as clueless as ever. What difference is another 1000 going to make???

Archaic....that's all. Matrix and Star Trek will look like caveman times by then, if we can get past 2007, 2008, 2009, etc, etc.....

The picture of the earth in year 3000 ?? empty at all
Some reasons for that :
_we all die because of war or sickness or ... UFO :P
_we all move our house to the others planet
_every single man have a boat and travel around the universe so nobody home
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_...
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jk :d :d

Humanity is unstable. Point in case, world government and cooperation. We will not exist as we now exist it is simply not possible. The only reason that our species has survived this long is that, simply, we have not had the means to eradicate ourselves. We are beginning an era where we no longer have that protection.

Thus, I find that humanity in the year 3000 will exist in one of three ways:

1) Not at all
2) An Advanced Peace-Loving people who Explore all they can and thirst for knowledge
3) A violent war-like people who believe that the only way to survive is to destroy.

I will not explain these possibilities:

1) Not at All
I deem this to be the most likely outcome. Humanity will further its technology beyond its ability to responsibily use it until we reach the end result: the push of a button and the eradication of our species.

You see, 'civilized' humanity is only concernced with creation; we believe that anything we create that wasn't there before is a benefit to man... this is not true. More often than not we get caught up in the fact that we can or cannot do something before we consider whether we should do something.

Thus the only solution without addressing this problem is to create something that will destroy us or (if we're luck and avoid doomsday machines) we will continue to bastardize the world until it can no longer sustain the life we continue to force it to.

2) Peace-Loving
Humanity will eventually learn its lesson (if at all, through a tough lesson... see: George Bush III) and from that we will come to the realization that the world is too small to be ran by factions. Thus, we will combine and govern ourselves as a people in the pursuit of knowledge with responsibility. If there are ETs (and I belive that it is likely) we will eventually establish relationships with them or they will destory us.

3) War-Like
Humanity will learn another lesson. One government will eventually grow to control the species/world and will eventually establish normailty. Humanity will be a slave unto itself (See: George Bush III). If there are ETs they will come here and we will attempt to fight them. If they are weaker, we will succeed. If they are stronger, we will surrender and be subjegated.

In any event, we are barbarians with little moral reality... if they think, they will think of us as such. The question is, will they consider it a time of darkness or enlightenment.

My thoughts,

Xan