Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955) was one of the first to note that our society is rapidly changing in profound ways. Information age that he sensed came true, in which we live today. Intellectual development is changing the society into what he called "a global brain" instead of a global village as was predicted earlier. Teilhard named this phenomenon the "Noosphere: the sphere of human knowledge and wisdom expanding exponentially in volume and speed."

The modern satellite communication networks, fiber optic cables, everyday-improving computer systems, and other technologies power this explosion of the information. It enables us to get in touch with the necessary sources faster, cheaper and in a more reliable ways. Information technology is the key to the major change of the face of our society. Homes used to be simply s

The importance of global availability of information cannot be stressed enough. Advanced telecommunications systems now operate at speeds of up to 1 terabyte per second. The latest developments in fiber optic cables, satellite transmission systems, and sophisticated multiplexing technologies suggest that in the twenty first century almost unlimited amounts of information may be transmitted anywhere at minimal costs. What we could achieve over the next thousand, million or even billion years seems unlimited.

It seems very likely that Homo Sapiens will survive as species for a number of milleniums from now. The long-term survival adjustments are still to be made. First of all we need to solve our environmental problems and then eliminate the threat of and asteroid or a comet impact. There is increasing evidence that our planet has been threatened on more than one occasion by the impact of a comet or a meteor. Future high power lasers that may be installed on the surrounding planets are one way of prevention of the issue. As Arthur Clarke said, the dinosaurs did not survive because they did not have an effective space program.

torage of most of the tangible personal assets, place to relax and sleep. As information technology improves, homes will ultimately become a place to work, get medical treatment, study, etc.

The main problem with the question of where we will be in the 30th, 60th or 341st ce

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