Christopher wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:14:17 +0200,
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wrote:

Christopher wrote:

Thanks for that-and the other posters-looks like it'll be 2050 at
least before we go, and I'll probably be dead by then.

Why 2050?

Humanity might have grown up a little by then.


Depends on what your definition of 'growing up' is, but in terms of
overall behavior, I don't see anything to make me think the next fifty
years will be much different from the last fifty (most of which I
remember) in that respect.

We'll simply have bigger/better/faster toys (technology) to do
whatever it is we'll be doing, good or bad. But then, that's actually my
hope. And a safer bet than a change in human nature.