Many pessimists foresee the worst (many doubt we will even survive another 1,000 years). Which lands will be swallowed up by rising sea levels? About climate changes: how to support a rapidly growing population in respect to food, fuel and natural resources? When people think of the future, they tend to think of the planet Earth, and the mark we are leaving on its oceans and forests, and the havoc we have brought to it. Ray, more of a humanist than an alien hunter, focuses more on technology and of the progress of humankind and our current world, which takes us to our next topic – the future of the Earth itself. To our good humor, some people already believe they have come in contact with alien life, and television shows like “Alien Hunters” and the like are around to prove it. Clarke, another futurist, inventor, and science-fiction writer, technology is advanced enough already for us to make contact with aliens. Ray believes that advancements in technology will soon enable us to travel farther and longer into space, where we may encounter other planets and other life.Īccording to Arthur C. A Future With Aliens?Ĭontact with other species, other civilizations? With technological advancements looming large in the distance, a future with aliens Presidents, Ray gives us the top ten reasons to look ahead. According to Ray, some of the same people living today will still be around in 1,000 years! Technological visionary, leading inventor of our time, the recipient of the National Medal of Technology, inductee into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, and the recipient of 19 Doctorates and Honors from 3 U.S. In honor of our 1,000th Toptenz article, Ray is going to take the podium to share with us some of his ideas about the future. Yet curious people do wonder, and certain people like Ray Kurzweil (thought by many to be the Thomas Edison of today) spend all their time working to find the answers. “What will the world will be like in 1,000 years” seems like an absurd question to even ask, especially since the degree to which the world changes in 100 years is overly ambitious enough to consider.

A thousand years of death