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To: sionnsar

I could be wrong. It may be that hair on the head will continue to be viewed as decorative and useful, but hair elsewhere on the body will likely be de-emphasized as it has been for the last century.

It seems obvious that neoteny will advance also. That may be in keeping with a generalized extension of youth, and human maturity in the overall population.

Head size will grow, to contain more brain power. This could spell trouble for the birth process, unless the mechanisms which control brain growth are better understood.

I would expect that despite our dependence on memory aids such as Personal Digital Assistants, our innate ability to remember and compare information about our world will grow. It is one of the most obvious indicators of intelligence, so parents will select for it preferentially.

We are going to change. We will grow younger in appearance, wiser in some measures, healthier and more handsome.

Some will view the changes as “unmanly”, or “unnatural”, but they will be hard to resist. What parent would willingly deprive his child?

Societally, we will grow more independent of each other. We have seen this happening also. In many families, the children are effectively emancipated at ten or twelve. I hope this will not become a bad thing. I like the idea of extended childhood, but I shudder at the possibility of extended vulnerability.

Work will continue to evolve and change. Our needs will be met almost automatically, while our wants will grow exponentially. There will always be a stimulus to earn more in order to acquire and enjoy more. Most of our “work” will involve providing services of some nature to each other.

What we now do as hobbies will become paid professions. Lego Artists will earn multi-figure salaries. Weird things like that.


1,112 posted on 10/19/2007 6:36:37 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: NicknamedBob

I need to come back & visit that. Off shortly to Mens’ Group at church, then Support the Troops (AND their mission) rally. Back later.


1,121 posted on 10/20/2007 8:03:44 AM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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