LESSON 3 AND 4

• Wrong pursuits may lead to tragic consequences
• Humanity


  A virtue associated with basic ethics of altruism derived from human condition
• Eudaimonia


  Eu-good, daimon- spirit= good life
• 2 types of Virtue

  Intellectual and moral
• Human Robot Interaction


  • Robots are utilized for their knowledge, exactness and interminable vitality to perform assignments consistently and profitably, that when performed by people tends to create flaws
  • AI robots have already started an enormous job in improving waste administration and finding distinctive approaches to handle the waste issue endured by most developing nations like India
  • The world would be prepared for more smart intelligence to be utilized in day-to-day applications
• The idea that new technologies can liberate us from the human condition is a fantasy. In reality, the 21st-century will be all too human.
• Multitasking participants had more difficulty filtering out irrelevant information than those focusing on one task at a time
• Nothing in this world can fill the spiritual vacuum within us
• Potential ways in which human species could become extinct

  • Transforming or evolving into one or more species
  • Merely dying out without any replacement or continuation
  • Advances in biotechnology making it possible to design new viruses that combine the easy contagion and mutability of the influenza virus
  • An all-out nuclear war between Russia and the United States
• Recurrent Collapse


  The human condition will reach a kind of statis, either instantly or after undergoing one or more cycles of collapse regeneration. Human civilization may endure catastrophes that prevent it from moving beyond a certain level of advancement. It also requires a carefully calibrated homeostatic mechanism that possesses the level of civilization restricted within a relatively narrow interval.
• Post humanity


  People have developed significantly different cognitive abilities, population sizes, body types, sensory or emotional experiences or life expectancies. Post humanity has established itself as a label for a form of human existence radically transformed by the most advanced medical techniques and by the use of biotechnology and nanotechnology for human enhancement.
• Technology Trends


  • Biological Engineering and Bio-Economy
  • Molecular Manufacturing and Self-replicating Systems
  • Distributed Additive Manufacturing
  • Artificial Intelligence Driven Automation
  • Neuromorphic Computing and Computing Beyond Turing Limit
  • Quantum Computing and Control
  • Nanosatellites and Space Exploration
  • Internet to BrainNet
  • Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
  • Brain Mapping and Brain Uploading
• Atomos simply comes together randomly to form the things in the world
• A hedonist strives to maximize net pleasure (pleasure minus pain) but when having finally gained that pleasure, happiness remains stationary
• Stoicism


  Another school of thought led by Epicurus. The stoics espoused the idea that to generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be apathetic. The path to happiness for humans is found in accepting this moment as it presents itself, by not allowing ourselves to be controlled by our desire for pleasure, or our fear of pain.
• Theism


  The belief in the existence of the Supreme Being or Deities. Describes the classical conception of God. The ultimate basis of happiness is the communication with God. Monotheism- Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism
• Humanism


  A school of thought espouses the freedom of man to carve his own destiny and to legislate his own laws, free from the shackles of a God that monitors and controls. Is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively. Refers to nontheistic life stance centered on human agency and looking to science rather than revelation from a supernatural source to understand the world.
• Exclusive love needs to be balanced by greater love