Technology Shapes the Future

Have you heard that diabetes may be cured by nanotechnology?
That lifespans are expected to soon jump to 120 years?
That universal translators will end the need
for learning foreign languages?
That reading and writing may no longer be necessary
as everything will be available auditorially and/or visually?
That walking may provide power for your personal technology,
and walking on sidewalks provide power for cities' energy needs?

Last week I met one of the school's tech teachers
who filled me in on those possible future developments.
It was fascinating and exhilarating and disconcerting.
What if nanotechnology has unwanted side effects?
If there are glitches in translation that cause miscommunications?
No readers... reminds me of the pre-Wittenburg era.
If living beneath power lines causes cancer,
wouldn't making your own power have similar risks?

I'm thankful that I'm not in charge of the brave new world,
and that the God of the heavens, macro universe
is also God of the atoms, micro universe.

It will be interesting to see what the future brings,
and find our role in it.
I'm sure it will still involve love.

Sue