i feel that our descendants 500 years are going to look back on us in much the same way. They're going to ask, how was it that you sacrificed billions of animals every single year so that you could enjoy a turkey at christmas? How is it that you clear cut million year old forests so that you can buy a bottle of champoo or a chocolate bar? So i have faith that our descendants will deeply understand consciousness and sentience and soul and spirit in a way that our current society has not been conditioned to.
We live in a time of greater uncertainty than ever before in human history. We are poised between the twin precipices of climate change and rapidly accelerating technological development. How we manage them will determine whether our future is one where humans will thrive, falter or something in between. Welcome to the Futureverse – brought to you by Intelligence Squared and Y TREE – a space to explore the ideas that will shape our future.
In this episode, three leading thinkers come together to debate the motion, ‘Will The World Be A Better Place in 5, 50 and 500 Years?’ The sculptor Sir Antony Gormley champions the role of art in public spaces in a future society that puts community and care at its centre. Climate change activist Clover Hogan argues that the next ten years will be crucial for determining the next 50. Tech entrepreneur and former chief business officer at Google X, Mo Gawdat considers how we can imbue AI with values aligned to those of humanity. Expertly hosted by broadcaster Jon Sopel, this is a conversation that is guaranteed to change the way you think about the future.
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