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This video really took me by surprise due to the shocking aspects of some of the facts presented. The rapidness in which the world is increasing and the rate at which technology is advancing is almost scary. It is hard to imagine what our world will be like when there is a computer available to the general public that has the capabilities of computing more than the entire human species. By making greater technology available easier, I feel that the world will become more dangerous as more people will have the ability to do whatever they want. As technology advances the human species is becoming more and more dependent on the use of computers. This can clearly be seen through the use of Google as a search engine. In only 2006 the number of Google searches was at 2.7 billion per month. Currently this number has dramatically increased to 31 billion. The image that comes to my mind from this statement is similar to that seen in the movie IRobot where robots are created to assist the human species in making living easier. However the question is, when will the technology become so great that it will be able to control itself and destroy the human species completely? The accessibility of technology today is exponentially greater than 200 years ago where a man living in the 18th century came across less information than that which is presented in one weeks worth of the New York Times. So how much more advanced will things in 200 years from now be? when if ever will the advancement of technology come to an end? These ideas are almost impossible to imagine of what the human species will be capable of.

Another part of the video that i found to be amazing was how the United States isn't as superior of a nation as many people make it out to be. In the video it said, "China will soon become the number one english speaking country in the world, and that India's smartest 25% of its population consists of more people than the entire population of the United States. This really puts into perspective how other countries in the world are becoming greater powers and will eventually over take the United States as a global leader. I believe that eventually this continuous increase in the human population and advancements in technology are going to lead to mass chaos which will result in a global war having the majority of the human population killed. If nothing is done to control either of these than it is certain that the world will suffer due to it.