What Is Future Human Evolution About?

Abstract

Humanity’s evolutionary path should be placed in the context of cosmic evolution, an arrow of time from the Big Bang toward making the entire universe alive. The evolution of humanity can be seen in roughly three stages in terms of human capacity: its formation, utilization, and expansion. The future is unpredictable, but today, we are reaching the point of fully utilizing our existing capacity as a “super mammal” and are about to launch the third stage of augmenting and transforming our capabilities. We are developing technologies to enable this fundamental shift. We are facing increasing economic pressure to do it. But most importantly, we are developing a deeper reflection of our place in the universe to provide ideological clarity for our evolutionary future.