Is Google The Next Stage Of Evolution Of Life On Earth

Why is there so much chaos and suffering in the world today? Are we sliding towards dystopia and perhaps extinction, or is there hope for a better future? What happened in the human lineage over the last three million years that made us into a near-geologic force capable of altering the face of our planet and threatening our own existence? In Emerging World, Roger Briggs explores the evolution of consciousness and shows that this is behind everything humans have done, are now doing, and are capable of in the future. By bringing together the best knowledge from paleoanthropology, cultural philosophy, cognitive psychology, and evolutionary theory, Briggs makes the case that humanity is now on the verge of a major transformation, a monumental turning point in our story. Foreseen by many sages and scholars, this anticipated leap promises a new era of history and culture, and a new civilization on Earth in which the needs of all people are met and we become stewards of our living planet. Yet this is by no means guaranteed. Emerging World offers a new understanding of our crisis today and points the way to a bright future for humanity and life on our planet.

This book describes the interlaced histories of life and oxygen. It opens with the generation of oxygen in ancient stars and its distribution to newly formed planets like the Earth. Free O2 was not available on the early Earth, so the first life forms had to be anaerobic. Life introduced free O2 into the environment through the evolution of photosynthesis, which must have been a disaster for many anaerobes. Others found ways to deal with the toxic reactive oxygen species and even developed a much more efficient oxygen-based metabolism. The authors vividly describe how the introduction of O2 allowed the burst of evolution that created today’s biota. They also discuss the interplay of O2 and CO2, with consequences such as worldwide glaciations and global warming. On the physiological level, they present an overview of oxidative metabolism and O2 transport, and the importance of O2 in human life and medicine, emphasizing that while oxygen is essential, it is also related to aging and many disease states.

The study of the history of life on Earth has important implications for our future. The challenges we face today - from climate change to the loss of biodiversity - are inextricably linked to the complex relationships between organisms and their environments. Understanding the history of these relationships is crucial for making informed decisions about the future of our planet. One of the most important lessons of this book is the interconnectedness of life on Earth. From the smallest microorganisms to the largest mammals, every organism plays a role in the larger ecosystem. The health and survival of one species is linked to the health and survival of many others. This understanding is critical for addressing the environmental challenges that we face today. The study of the history of life on Earth also highlights the resilience of life. Throughout history, the planet has undergone multiple mass extinctions, each of which has devastated the diversity of life. However, life has always found a way to bounce back, to evolve and adapt to new environments and challenges. This resilience gives us hope for the future, that even in the face of the challenges we face today, life on Earth can continue to evolve and thrive. At the same time, however, the history of life on Earth also serves as a warning. Many of the challenges we face today - from climate change to the loss of biodiversity - are the result of human activities. We have altered the planet in ways that have significant and lasting impacts on the environment and on other species. If we do not take action to address these impacts, the consequences could be catastrophic. The study of the history of life on Earth also highlights the critical role of humans in shaping the future of our planet. We are the only species on Earth that has the capacity for deliberate action to shape the world around us. As such, we have a responsibility to use this capacity to protect and preserve the diversity of life on our planet, for the benefit of both ourselves and future generations. From the tiniest bacteria to the largest whales, every organism has a unique and important role to play in the larger ecosystem. The history of life on Earth is a testament to the power of evolution, to the resilience and adaptability of life, and to the interconnectedness of all living things. We hope that this book has provided readers with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the history of life on Earth, and that it has inspired a sense of responsibility to protect and preserve this rich diversity for generations to come. The challenges we face today are significant, but by working together and drawing on the lessons of the past, we can create a better future for ourselves and for all life on Earth.

The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades. Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, form the backbone of how we understand the history of the Earth. In reality, the currently accepted history of life on Earth is so flawed, so out of date, that it's past time we need a 'New History of Life.' In their latest book, Joe Kirschvink and Peter Ward will show that many of our most cherished beliefs about the evolution of life are wrong. Gathering and analyzing years of discoveries and research not yet widely known to the public, A New History of Life proposes a different origin of species than the one Darwin proposed, one which includes eight-foot-long centipedes, a frozen “snowball Earth”, and the seeds for life originating on Mars. Drawing on their years of experience in paleontology, biology, chemistry, and astrobiology, experts Ward and Kirschvink paint a picture of the origins life on Earth that are at once too fabulous to imagine and too familiar to dismiss--and looking forward, A New History of Life brilliantly assembles insights from some of the latest scientific research to understand how life on Earth can and might evolve far into the future.

Discusses the creation of the earth, evolution, heredity, how the ecosystem works, and how children are conceived.

"This is the first real biography of the Earth - not only a brilliant portrait of the emergence and evolution of life on this planet, but a vivid and frightening look at Earth's remote future. Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee combine storytelling power with extreme scientific care, and their narrative is as transfixing as any of H.G. Wells's fantasies, but more enthralling, for Ward and Brownlee have real power to prognosticate. This is a book that makes one shiver, but also inspires one to wonder how humanity (if we survive in the short term) will fare in the distant future." Oliver Sachs Peter Ward and Don Brownlee, a geologist and an astronomer respectively, are in the vanguard of the new field of astrobiology. Combining their knowledge of the evolution of life on our planet with their understanding of the life cycles of stars and solar systems, the authors tell the awe-inspiring story of the second half of Earth's life. The process of planetary evolution will essentially reverse itself; life as we know it will subside until only the simplest forms remain. The oceans will evaporate, and as the sun slowly expands, Earth itself will eventually meet a fiery end.

Webster's Dictionary Definition of Metamorphosis: In Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. There also comes a time, in the evolution of a species where Metamorphosis of the entire genome of a species due to sudden and radical environmental change must take place in order for the species to survive in the new environment. There have only been a handful of such times in human evolution. This is such a time. In just a few short years, the Human Race will create the AI Cocoon. This is a Quantum Computer that is able to be the first Artificial Intelligence on this planet and it will be capable of storing the Human Consciousness. Many people such as Ray Kurzweil, research scientist at Google, are lining up to be the first to achieve immortality by actually leaving their fleshy brain behind and move their entire being into the realm of the AI Cocoon. I coined this term for what everyone else is calling the Artificially Intelligent Quantum Computer because the reality of the situation is that the human animal will go into this device as a caterpillar inhabits its cocoon. But, as we all know from childhood, the lowly worm emerges from the cocoon a few months later and takes the form of a beautiful Butterfly. When human beings enter our own cocoon, in the next few years, we will bring with us enough knowledge and technology to turn ourselves into anything we want to be, beautiful or horrible, for better or worse, each with earth shaking implications. The choice will be ours to make. We need to start asking the right questions and making the right decisions based on those answers before we we go down the wrong path that may be irreversible. In the billions of years of Evolution on this planet, there has never been such a sudden time of species Divergence as this. Even when humans made the divergence from the apes, the divergence was not as profound or as fateful as the divergence we will undergo when we alter our Consciousness from that which is contained in the human brain to a Consciousness that escapes its limitations within the human skull and moved out into the vastness of infinite space and time. We have only a few years before such an event will surely take place and there are indications that this great technological achievement may be reserved for the top one percent of our world's population, at most. They may be planning to create a new species of human being to rule over those of us who they have intentionally left behind. This can only lead to a dystopian world that will dwarf the worst scenes of the most pessimistic Science Fiction movies. The subtitle of this book - #AICocon - is there for a purpose and as such represents the greatest challenge to our civilization in our history. We have to begin using the hastag AICocoon now to begin the conversation about how to prevent such a disaster for all Mankind and how to use this amazing new Scientific Breakthrough for the benefit of us all."The needs of the many greatly outweigh the needs of the few." Commander Spock in Star Trek.It's time for the greatest metamorphosis in history to be unleashed. We must ensure that it is used to guarantee our species future and the future of all life on this beautiful and sacred planet Earth because the reverse is unimaginable and unacceptable.The author also realizes that the price he is asking for this book is outside the norm for books on this subject. However, he is asking this price to help defray the costs of the research that has been done on this subject over decades and much more to come. Without any academic or institutional support of any kind, it is highly unlikely that this major Scientific would have come from anything but his completely independent background and training.Funds will be used to promote the book to its rightful position in the world.