Are we headed toward a technological singularity? The end of life as we know it, in 40-50 years, due to the unpredictable and ever-accelerating pace of technological “progess”? See: Vernor Vinge’s The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era; A Critical Discussion of Vinge’s Singularity Concept ; and Kurzweil’s Law. Food for thought…
Nice Fox News/ifeminist article by Wendy McElroy, Good Will Toward Men.