Learning Points from Stephen Hawking’s TED Talk on “Questioning the Universe”

Stephen Hawking raises and answers questions regarding the Universe.

Given our increasing propensity to destroy ourselves in the near future, he suggests that we look into outer space to look for avenues where human life can continue. I’m not so sure about that, given the technical challenges of transport to bridge the vast distances in space. It seems more likely to me that draconian measures to keep the human population in check will come into effect if such a situation really happens, that we consume the last of our earth’s resources. The recent efforts for climate change are probably too late, but at least the world is starting to do something about changing our own path to extinction. Will technology allow us to escape our fate engineered by ourselves? Only time will tell.