Where will technology take us in the next 30 years?

Where will technology take us in the next 30 years? Good and interesting question!

Many think that it will be a new world with new technologies such as robots and nanotechnology. But despite my supporting this point of view, I have another opinion.

In May 2010 I read a paper that changed my mind dramatically. Before, as many of us, I'd thought that the world would be served by robots. That paper brought the shocking news from the USA: "Craig Venter creates synthetic life form". After 15 years of work on his project, his team finally created a new form of life, a synthetic life, which didn't exist before. And it seems to be a new way of developing our world.

What is the definition of life?

Life is the ability to be born, grow, reproduce and die. I would like to highlight the word "reproduce".  The synthia has this important ability, and that means it might grow and reproduce on its own without human's control.

Now the question is whether it'll be used in the right way or not. For instance, it might be used in filters absorbing CO2. That for sure would help us to clean the environment, or synthetic life form might be used in the medicine to cure diseases.

On the other hand, the further development in creating a more complex life would allow new bacteria, plants and even animals to grow, the ones that our planet has never met before. And that, as a result, in case of losing control under experiments, would bring a difficult situation without a prompt solution.

Nowadays we could see that many viruses and bacteria have been evolving due to their environment, and they are still searching for new ways to reproduce and stay alive. In my view, if the synthia appeared in our real nature full of such forms of life that had never seen such an unusual life as the synthia, it would be a disaster. It is possible that the synthetic life would get used to living in the air, in ocean and forests out of laboratories.

The next question is  "Which way will the synthia choose to protect itself in our environment?". There are only two possible ways: to be a victim looking for a safe place, or to be an aggressor, a predator looking for victims and thus survive.

Which way the synthetic life will choose only time will show.

Anyway, I think in 30 year time it will be a totally new world, a different world.