On this Sunday morning, I enjoyed a life of peace and tranquility at home. It was drizzling outside. I left the window open to smell the refreshing scents from the newly grown grasses and trees in this spring. Nevertheless, my joyful mood was kind of interrupted by the article about Dr. Stephen Hawking’s last messages of warning for humanity. Most of them were delivered during his speeches a couple of years prior to his death on Mar 14, 2018. Let me share some of my views towards these messages.
- “We face a number of threats: nuclear war, global warming and genetically engineered viruses.” “However, we will not establish self-sustaining colonies in space for at least the next hundred years, so we have to be very careful in this period.” —– Humanity are tortured by the pandemic now, and I believe more challenges are on the way, but isn’t it the history of humankind? Migrating to other planets may become one of the solutions.
- “We eat too much and move too little.” —– I can’t agree more. Sedentary lifestyle is killing modern people.
- “The genie is out of the bottle. I fear that AI may replace humans altogether.” —– It is an irreversible trend. As humankind will be liberated from intensive labours, can we have more time for creative work and enjoy ourselves?
- “As I grow older I am more convinced than ever that we are not alone……. they (aliens) will be vastly more powerful and may not see us as any more valuable than we see bacteria.” —- It is possible that somewhere in the universe, the far more advanced civilization exist.
- “We are witnessing a global revolt against experts.” —- STEM should dominate school education!