Prediction of the End of Society

   So, I remember in class, we talked a lot about the tipping point, and how society, and the world is eventually going to change as we know it, whether that means actually destruction of human life, or the end of modern civilization. I found this article online that predicts the end of our society ending in a few decades. The mathematician who predicted this, worked with NASA equipment, to estimate our collapse.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/85541/nasa-study-concludes-when-civilization-will-end-and-it-s-not-looking-good-for-us

Tell me what you all think!

Should Gorillas, Orangoutangs, and Monkeys have rights?

  I have been thinking a lot since our last class on Wednesday about how a lot of animals, especially monkeys, gorillas, and orangoutangs have had medical surgeries and experiments used on them to see if these procedures should be used on humans. Besides the fact that this is horrifying, it also brings up the question as to why this is okay. Upon thinking about this, the answer that seems to be the worst, but the explanation that most people use is that monkeys are not humans, although they have very similar genetic codes to that of humans.
  When referring to the argument that the reading we read for class went over, I think that outlining the similarities between humans and apes is a good foundation for a great argument, but it isn't convincing enough to cause action. The biggest reason being that most people choose to be, are just are ignorant of the treatment to the animals being abused. Spreading knowledge, showing similarities, and coming up with alternative ways to conduct research without using animals are three parts of the equation for the change to actually happen.
  I personally did not know that animals were experimented on, and beyond that, to the degree they were experimented on. After learning about it, I believe that people should be fighting for animal rights, that animals should have similar rights to that of humans, where in order to experiment on a human you need informed consent. One of the reasons animals are easy to experiment on is because they are unable to give informed consent. Is that wrong? What would you suggest we do to get animals the right's that they deserve?

Technology Being Held Morally Responsible

Is it possible to hold technology to be morally responsible for the actions it does. How is it possible? These are two questions that were posed in class yesterday that I have thought about a lot. Is there an easy answer? Is there an easy solution? No, there is not. Technology is something based on advancement, patterns, algorithms, and many other factors. Being so, is it possible to hold technology, a non-human thing, but a tool, morally accountable for it's actions? Should the people who invented the technology be punished instead? Should harmful technology be destroyed? Should technology have morals if it is a non-human, non-sentient, non-being tool?