I recently read, with enthusiasm and fascination, the latest book by MIT Professor Max Tegmark, entitled Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Knopf, New York, 2017, available on Amazon). While the book has proven controversial—and rightly so—I have to admit that much of my interest in it stems from my own tendency to see the world from a positive viewpoint, and in terms of solutions rather than prophesies of doom, despite current events that make it less than easy to maintain a sunny frame of mind. Tegmark’s is not only a global but also a cosmic view into a future of millions of years hence. In other words, I found myself attracted to this work because of the way in which it looks beyond our fragile and ephemeral present toward a possible future of Humankind in which the seemingly insoluble problems of our current world will have found an intelligent fix that only advanced science can foresee today, but that may end up being calculated into a bright
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Author Roberto Vivo comments on wars past and present, on the world’s great peacemakers and on the pathway to global peace. His basic philosophy: In a world where 9 out of every 10 victims of armed conflict are civilians, war is no longer a viable political alternative. Indeed, it is the ultimate crime against humanity. If rising generations are to have a future, the key will lie in world peace. War is the pathway to oblivion.