ILLUSAFACT…THE INEVITABLE ADVANCE OF OUR TECHNOLOGIES AND US

About the Book

SOME QUOTATIONS FROM THE BOOK…

“We have genetically engineered food, insects, and small animals. Homo Sapiens cannot be far away.” (page 70)

“Our most powerful 21st century technologies…robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech…are threatening to make humans an endangered species.”(‘Bill Joy’ page 202)

“Today simulation is no longer of a territory, a being, or a substance. It is a hyperreal generated model of the real; the concept forming the basis of ‘The Matrix.’”(page 263)

“The Singularity, a vision of the near future in which human beings and machines merge so that illness, old age, and even death become things of the past.” (page 267)

“This malevolence, which Steiner dubbed Ahriman, is characterized by the denial of soul and spirit in favor of scientific materialism and the dominance of humans by machines.” (page 268)

“Thus the first ultra-intelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make.” (‘I.J. Good’ page 271) “Our machines have been, are, and will continue to be our tools to do both good and evil.” (page 281)

“I have coined the term “illusafact” to mean that any thought or dream we have is not an illusion but a fact in some other reality or in our future.” (page 286)

About the Author

Robert H. Schram has a BA in Political Science, a MA in Personnel/Counseling and a Doctorate in Public Administration. He has been the Executive Director of BARC Developmental Services, a large nonprofit organization serving children and adults with intellectual disabilities and Autism since 1977. He teaches, consults, and gives expert testimony on various subjects: leadership; conflict management; dispute resolution; fundraising; strategic planning; discrimination; abuse; company policies, practices, and procedures; workplace safety. He is a Fellow in the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the author of nine previous books on various subjects: maximizing life; religion and the Divine; dreams; travel; technology; and company management.