The vast majority of future people will likely see us as stupid for all of the above reasons.
Societies change and develop in a short enough time frame that even recent memory can show us this is true. Look at racism. As recently as 50 years ago, racism was prevalent and accepted in many circles. Now, racists are looked at as stupid, illogical, etc. The same may happen for the gay rights movement.
Treatment of the planet will also be a rather large reason for looking at us like nincompoops from the backwards past. People never seem to take into account people of the past not having all of the technologies of the day readily available. With some green energy available now, I think people in the future will find us stupid for not using these technologies, no matter their current practicality.
Religion seems likely as well. The Internet seems to be a driving force behind destroying most major religions. If this trend continues, future generations will likely see us as we do the Greeks now, worshipping obviously false gods and believing ridiculous things. Whether or not other religions will have taken hold is another question.
I'm not sure how economics and politics will be viewed in the future as they haven't really developed as much in the recent past. I doubt things will ever change. Government will suck and there will be the conservatives and liberals.
So either stupid or they will actually have a good grasp of history and will judge us accurately, which wouldn't be much better than stupid.
Fantastic comment! Glad to see some really well thought out answers. Recently you've been writing the best comments on my posts, so thank you for that!
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The vast majority of future people will likely see us as stupid for all of the above reasons.
Societies change and develop in a short enough time frame that even recent memory can show us this is true. Look at racism. As recently as 50 years ago, racism was prevalent and accepted in many circles. Now, racists are looked at as stupid, illogical, etc. The same may happen for the gay rights movement.
Treatment of the planet will also be a rather large reason for looking at us like nincompoops from the backwards past. People never seem to take into account people of the past not having all of the technologies of the day readily available. With some green energy available now, I think people in the future will find us stupid for not using these technologies, no matter their current practicality.
Religion seems likely as well. The Internet seems to be a driving force behind destroying most major religions. If this trend continues, future generations will likely see us as we do the Greeks now, worshipping obviously false gods and believing ridiculous things. Whether or not other religions will have taken hold is another question.
I'm not sure how economics and politics will be viewed in the future as they haven't really developed as much in the recent past. I doubt things will ever change. Government will suck and there will be the conservatives and liberals.
So either stupid or they will actually have a good grasp of history and will judge us accurately, which wouldn't be much better than stupid.
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Fantastic comment! Glad to see some really well thought out answers. Recently you've been writing the best comments on my posts, so thank you for that!