The Renaissance

I would not argue that we are experiencing a renaissance, but the digital revolution is ushering in profound changes in the ways we think, act, and live, both as individuals and as societies. Furthermore, I would argue that these changes are completely unprecedented and the implications of the revolution mark nothing less than a whole new sTAGe of evolution for humankind.

The Renaissance

The Renaissance

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The Renaissance

The Renaissance

The word ' renaissance ' literally means ' rebirth '. But in actuality, most of what was produced in the Renaissance period, both artistically and technologically, was not indicative of a rebirth at all but rather something totally new. However, the situation now goes even further beyond that in the creation of technologies that actually push the meaning of what it is to be human. The creation of artificialintelligence will ultimately change the way we also think permanently and radically.

The greatest thing the current age has in common with the renaissance is the coupling of science without art. Digital art has gone beyond art and has become a lifestyle, a way of thinking, and a whole new way of socializing. The digital age makes it possible for self-invention. But the interfaces of the cyber world, which are quickly merging into the human one, depend upon science and engineering of a radical standard to make them possible. In turn, radical ideas demand radical technological solutions to make them possible in turn.

The Renaissance

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He could also be its last.

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

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Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?

Why do I say that?

If the predictions and speculations about coming world upheavals are accurate, especially as they relate to the year 2012, then there may well be no United States in two or three more years.

Mayan prophecies and other early prognostications point to something very serious happening in 2012. Many even specify a particular date--December 21, 2012--for when everything comes crashing down.

As to what exactly this event will be, there is no consensus. Some say a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions will wipe out life on earth. Some say the world itself will be obliterated, possibly by a wandering "death star."

The U.S. is scheduled tohold its next presidential election in November, 2012. Barack Obama could be re-elected president then, or perhaps a rival will win the vote. Whichever occurs, the winning candidate will not take the oath of office until January, 2013. If the world ends in December 2012, then obviously, Obama will have been the last president of the United States.

However, events less cataclysmic than the end of the world could also make Obama's presidency the last.

Financial and governMent systems around the world are being shaken to their roots right now. This is certain to Tristeza y conmoción …. People are beginning to seek new political and economic arrangeMents as current ones fail.

One direction that is very possible is the coming of global governMent. World governMent could be the solution tothe wars and other turmoil between nations. Or, as many warn, it could be a totalitarian nightmare.

In any case, a true world government will require the dissolution of national boundaries. The United States would simply be absorbed into the new global system. Thus, no more U.S. presidency.

Things could also go in the opposite direction. As nation states fail, people could increasingly look to their local communities for order and stability. They could reject the national governments that have caused the messes we are seeing.

In the United States there is currently a growing secession movement. For the first time in more than 150 years, Americans are seriously discussing the possibility of the U.S. breaking up. With individual states perhaps becoming sovereign nationsunto themselves, there will be no "united" states for anyone to be president of.

All of this is why I say that Barack Obama might be the last President of the United States. We should know for sure by the end of 2012--if not before.

Barack Obama-The Last President of the United States?