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You know I used to be petrified at the thought of technology advancing before our eyes, but now I think I am going to embrace it. After reading a lot about Michio Kaku and his views on technology, how behind we actually are… it amazes me that I am living in this lifetime with technology advancing so quickly. I’ve posted a video below about him talking about the three types of technologies, and how we are not even close to Type 1 technology, we are at zero.

Like he said, we are not even close to Type 1 because we would be able to control the storms, the volcanos, the weather etc. But we have come really far in the last hundred years. Heck, we’ve come far in the last twenty years with the Internet being created by CERN. The Internet was originally invented for scientists across the globe to swap information faster. Now, obviously it has blown out of proportion and now terrorists can swap information in mere seconds.

Michio Kaku does not rule out the possibility of extraterrestrial beings, in other words as we like to call them, “aliens!” The possibility of other life forms on planets, does not seem impossible, does it? Millions of galaxies and planets that could exist that we cannot see. We do not have the type of technology to use the power of the stars, but who is to say that later on in life we won’t be able to? That is, if our planet can survive these next hundred years at the brink of technology progressing.

If you didn’t watch the video, fair enough, you probably don’t know what I am mentioning here really. Kaku talks about how there could be three types of technologies, when looking for other lifeforms on planets, or anywhere!

Type 1: like I mentioned, we would be able to control the planet and use all of its resources. We are slowly getting there but it will not happen likely within fifty to a hundred years.

Type 2: is a stellar type of civilization, where they would get their energy from their “mother star.” They would use the power of the sun to energize their technology.

Type 3: And the last one, would be considered galactic because they could harnass the powers from billions of stars from galaxies.

Who is to say that there isn’t life else where? I don’t find it very hard to believe. This massive universe is here, and we are the only sign of “intelligent” life form? I am not saying that I believe in the cliche alien type, but there is bound to be life forms somewhere in the universe. If there is no life out there (I am sure there is) than I find it strange that we were put on this planet, why us?

So, needless to say… I think it is great how technology is growing and I can’t wait to see what is invented next. Who knows what will be used in science later on for discoveries? I think it is exciting! There are too many gaps, and we know too little. I think we were meant to know more.

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