When the Human Species came into being hundreds of thousands of
years ago, we learnt to be independent and banded together in small
communities on the planet. Then we spread from Africa to other
parts of the world, ruthlessly out-competing and out-smarting the
other predators, securing our position as number one on the
planet.
But as the human species grows, it has become weaker. Humans do not
have any natural defences, whether they be chemical, physical or
psychological. Humans do not have camouflage, making us stand out
in the wild, a lure for other predators. But, it is our
intelligence that compensates for our other lack of abilities. With
intelligence, the human race has proved itself time and again that
it will, and forever will be, number one on this planet. However,
technology is destroying the human race. Our dependence on
technology and the integration of technology into our daily lives,
and even into our bodies has made us a species which cannot live
without technology.
In the distant future, the human species would reach the peak of
its intelligence and cannot go further. We would've mastered
Science, manipulated Nature, meddled with Physics, played with
Genetics. We would ourselves become a species that would no longer
be biological, but artificial. Our minds would remain trapped in
the digital world, our bodies weakened through the lack of Natural
Selection, which is needed to keep a species healthy and
growing.
The Human Species, a race destined to great power, would have its
intelligence and its never-ending thirst for knowledge be cause for
its demise, its downfall, and very likely, its extinction...
