Amin Malof's reflections; Where does man go in the era of "political uncertainty"?
"We can't stop it and we can't even slow it down; but we can still guide it so that it goes towards our dreams instead of our nightmares. I mean the transformation initiated by rapid advances in science and technology, and now, in profound and irreversible ways, the future of the human race is in doubt."
These are the first sentences of the book "Our Century of Transformation" written by Amin Maalouf, recently published by Grasse in Paris.
This prominent French-Lebanese writer and permanent secretary of the French Academy raises the question in his new book, what will be the place of man in the current world where machines are rapidly taking over human abilities? Do these developments lead to an unprecedented flourishing of civilization or may they turn humans into marginal and insignificant creatures?
The full article can be read on the Radio Farda website.