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      In the video Will Mankind Destroy Itself?, Michio Kaku explains that their are different types of civilizations that range from zero to three. The type zero civilization is what we have been living in we rely on oil and plants for power, but have evolved by creating nuclear weapons. The type one civilization is what Michio Kaku says we will reach in the next hundred years. This civilization is planetary control the energy of the planet by controlling natural disasters and the weather. The type two civilization is said to be where you reach immortality. The civilization is "stellar" or can consume so much energy that they can play with stars. Michio Kaku says "It's like Star Wars". The final type is type three civilization which is consider to be "galactic". Michio says that he sees two trends forming, a multi cultural, scientific society and terrorism acts against type one civilization. We are in the transition from type zero to type one. The evidence is that we do rely on oil and plants for energy, but we now have the internet, fashion, youth music, and an economy that are all planetary.

      In the video The Empathic Civilization Jeremy Rifkin says that in the past ten years the development of evolutionary biology, neuro-cognitive science, child development research, and many other fields has led us to questioning human nature, meaning of the human journey, and the institutions we have created (educational institutions, business practices, governing institutions, etc). He then explains how in the early 1990s in Parma, Italy they discovered that humans are soft wired with mirror neurons by studying a monkey trying to open a nut. You might be asking, "What are mirror Neurons?" Mirror Neurons are what allow us, through observation, to experience the same thing another person is experiencing. For example, when someone is excited, sad, angry, or when we see a spider crawl on someones arm. Michio then explains that we are soft wired for socialability, attachment, affection, companionship and that we were not soft wired to have aggression, violence, self-interest, and unitarianism. The main drive is the empathic drive. He explains that by the age of eight years old humans understand life and death and that we are completely aware of our ability to be empathetic. Do not get Empathy and Utopia are the same thing because Michio says that in a utopia there is no suffering so there is no empathy. Michio closes with the thought that could todays technology bring together such a diverse group, who were ironically came from the same two people, of 6.8 billion people to think viscerally as a family?

      Is the internet larger and more universal than we think? I do believe that it is much larger than what we think especially sense we have constant access to it 24/7. The example in Michio's video about how within 3 hours of the Haiti earthquake the inter universe knew and were reaching out because of the internet. However I do not believe that the internet will do everything that was stated in these films because of personal beliefs. I believe that the internet is something that will make or break this country. Its great to keep pushing for newer and better technology, but we have to make sure that we do not make it something our life revolves around.