There needs to be three teams working on three different things.
1- Unlocking the secret to immortality. This includes stopping aging, cloning yourself so if you are killed or your body is damaged your last mental backup can be transferred to the clone.
2- Developing faster than light travel so all these immortal people will have somewhere to live. We could populate the galaxy.
3- Developing an endless energy source that costs nothing to maintain.

(May 11, 2014 at 12:09 am)Chad32 Wrote: Probably the only way we'd be able to move from this planet to another hospitable one is reproducing on the way. Basically make it so our decedents will eventually reach New Earth, as the people who originally embarked will have died long before.

Very interesting.. kind of like a Wall-e type thing.. makes sense.

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(May 11, 2014 at 12:11 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:

(May 11, 2014 at 12:00 am)Chad32 Wrote: Strive for equality and understanding? In a way, work towards world peace, but unfortunately many religious people are very afraid of world peace, because that's all antichrist/end times stuff. Still, equality and a better understanding of ourselves and our world should be the number 1 priority.

If all of humanity was equal would it really make things better or would it make things a lot worse? It might be worthwhile to strive for equality but it could be a disaster if it was ever reached.

Even in the end if equality is achieved.. hate will never die. Someone will always find something to hate.. sad but true

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(May 11, 2014 at 12:44 am)KUSA Wrote: There needs to be three teams working on three different things.
1- Unlocking the secret to immortality. This includes stopping aging, cloning yourself so if you are killed or your body is damaged your last mental backup can be transferred to the clone.
2- Developing faster than light travel so all these immortal people will have somewhere to live. We could populate the galaxy.
3- Developing an endless energy source that costs nothing to maintain.

Very good points.. all of this doesn't seem very achievable here on earth though. I think that someday we will find the key to immortality.. wether it be a suit that can maintain us in a kind of.. cryogenic state keeping all our organs young and fresh. Or just biology.. pumping let's say "primordial ooze" into our veins or something. (ninja turtle reference btw!)

I think spreading ourselves through the galaxy is extremely important.. we'd be the aliens invading other planets! muwhahaha.. but you know in a non evil kind of way.

Develop an alternative to the stock market which is based upon a global "happiness" index. The individual stocks and shares are replaced with specific happiness indicators grouped into sectors.

Put the time and effort into getting the happiness index up that we put into the stock market.

(May 10, 2014 at 11:21 pm)Kitanetos Wrote: I believe in baby steps. Currently, I would settle for humanity to strive at recognizing same-sex marriage as legal.

Since universally recognized same-sex marriage is most likely going to be an inevitability, no matter how much time humanity is wasting fighting it, my ultimate number one goal for mankind would be for mythology to be recognized simply as that rather than anything bearing any resemblance to truthful knowledge.

Ditto

How can we have a collective number 1 goal when we are all so different?

(May 11, 2014 at 2:35 am)Losty Wrote: How can we have a collective number 1 goal when we are all so different?

Well as far as my whole vision goes.. i picture it happening after everyone pretty much gets along. Realizes we are all humans and we should work together to better humankind.. A ridiculous concept i know but i still think its achievable in some shape or form. Regardless we will still be different, no one person is the same. Some of my best friends are far different from me yet we still get along and come to common goals in every day life.. I don't think it would be that hard with a well educated populace. As long as the goal was a good one that made sense. Sure there will always be nay sayers and people who would go against you.. But that's everyday life...

To build heaven on earth. To give everyone a decent quality of life so people don't feel the need to wish for a better life after they die.