Stark Trek - How far are we?
mpk: > I couldn't help but genuinely feel depressed that I wasn't born 500 years from now.The thing is - we have no way of knowing what life in the future will be like. There might not be anything we recognize as human life there in the first place.I'm continuously amazed by the here and now. I've been all around the world. I have friends all over this planet. I communicate with people all over the world via the net every single day. And my friends? Ha! They could be anywhere and all I have to do is pick up my cell phone and call them. ('Uh, can I call you back, I'm in Singapore for some work thing and it's 4 am here..').I love speculative sci-fi, but not to the extent that I want to not be born in this age. Put things into perspective if not living in the super-happy-fun sci-fi future gets you depressed.