The document contains Sophia Casimir's research for her class FA 102B taught by Professor Klinkowstein. It includes a summary of an article predicting the development of "air scrubbing trees" to reduce carbon levels. It also includes Sophia's question on Quora about how current technology could negatively impact the future and the response she received. Further, it lists other related questions and answers on Quora about technologies that could have large impacts. The document concludes with Sophia's theme question about creating products now for a more environmentally efficient future.
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Research from the Web and Quora
http://www.iftf.org/future-now/article-detail/
artifact-from-the-future-keep-calm-capturecarbon/
IFTIF predicts that scientists will create “air scrubbing
trees” that capture carbon to bring Earth’s carbon levels to
those of the 1970s.
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Research from the Web and Quora
My Quora question and answer(s)
My Quora question: What current
technology could impact the future
negatively, and what new technology
will emerge from that?
Answer(s): “Sound. Sound which
changes the quantum systems.” –
Caid Donahue
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Research from the Web and
Quora
Other questions and answers
related to theme
Q: What currently non-existent technologies would
have the greatest impact, positive or negative, on
civilization?
A: … “Something to recycle/reduce waste…reduce
amount of landfills around.”
Q: Far into the future, what will our age be known
as?
A: “We are living through the final stages of the
great Age of Paper…Our landfills are filled with
paper, and the forests of the world have been cut
down to supply it.”
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Research from the Web and
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Theme question
What product/service can be created
now to create an environmentally
efficient society for the future?
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Quote and Factoid
Quote:
“Tomorrow is a satire on today, and shows
its weakness.”- Edward Young
Factoid from ThinkProgress.org :
What do you think is the most important
problem facing the country today?
54% said economy
2% said environmental problems
What do you think will be the most
serious problem facing the world in the
future if nothing is done to stop it?
16% named economy and unemployment
21% said global warming and the
environment
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