Dr. Majid Riaziat, an experienced scientist and entrepreneur known internationally for his work in technology development and commercialization, says: “We are entering an exciting new age. Everything is changing: Our government, our jobs, our relationships, all aspects of our lives.”
He is often asked for his predictions on what the next major advancement for humanity will look like. “Machine-assisted collective decision making that minimizes human supervision, signals the age of humans merging with their technology to create larger and more complex entities,” he has said.
For those curious about what lies ahead for a collective hereafter, hid important new book, The Age of Simorgh: Planning for Human Convergence with Technology demonstrates the potential course of humankind’s evolution alongside technology and tech’s key involvement for a utopian future.
Dr. Riaziat, who received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University (and his work with leading like Varian Medical Systems, where he was a research director, and OEpic Semiconductors, where he was cofounder and CEO) has called this era, the “Dawn of the Age of Simorgh.”
“As science and technology rapidly permeate our lives, dystopian outlooks on the future plague the imaginations and concerns of many. However, a technological dystopian society may not be what lies ahead,” argues Dr. Riaziat. “Closely tied together, the evolution of humankind and machine-assistance is gearing up for the merging of both and the birth of a new organism: a Sovereign IntelliMatic ORGanization of Humans, otherwise known as a SIMORGH.”
Pulling from over 20 years of experience in the field of technology development, Majid Riaziat’s The Age of Simorgh presents what a future with Simorghs may look like, analyzing issues such as quality of life, form of government, and the potential for conflict.
A Glimpse Inside the Fascinating Topics Covered In This Important Book :
Chapter 1: Stages of Complexity
Chapter 2: Civilization, Culture, and Government
Chapter 3: International Disputes and War
Chapter 4: Intelligence Centers and the Control of Human Society
Chapter 5: History of Human Communication and Interconnectedness
Chapter 6: Information and Truth
Chapter 7: Automation, Robotics, and Augmented Reality
Chapter 8: Augmented Humans: Bionics, Artificial Intelligence, and Gene Editing
Chapter 9: Large-Scale Regulating Systems
Chapter 10: Past and Future of Jobs
Chapter 11: Specialization, Equality, and Personal Autonomy
Chapter 12: Simorgh: Its Identity, Control, and Thought Patterns
Chapter 13: Simorgh’s Nodes and Unincorporated Humans
Chapter 14: Multiplicity of Simorghs
Chapter 15: Lifespan and Procreation
Chapter 16: SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
Chapter 17: Opportunities and Threats 263 Conclusion
Appendix A: The Legend of Simorgh
Appendix B: Large Numbers
Appendix C: Scales and Layers of Reality
Appendix D: Saturation of Growth
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