Back to the Future

The first computer was “dumb as a door.” The latest examples of AI are potential partners. What have we wanted to achieve with the digital development, and what have we feared?

Soon we will be living on Mars - or will we? The dream of the red planet has existed for several hundred years, and imagination has run free when we have imagined who or what is out there.

The dream of perfecting our bodies - both inside and out - has followed humans throughout history. At the same time, there has always been a deep fear that our interventions in the natural order could have catastrophic consequences.

What we eat has changed. New trends, new foods, and technology are moving into the kitchen and changing our meals and food culture. We have had many ideas about the food of the future - will we in the future be able to manage the meal with only a pill?

The invention of new machines has changed the way we live. The new machines have created the idea that we could do things easier, smarter, and faster. But there has also been a fear that the machines will make humans redundant.

We don't know when history will end, and we don't know if it will be due to climate, war, or the wrath of the gods. But there are plenty of theories, as we have always imagined the end of the world.