The Future of Humanity

Wherein lies the future of the Human Race? Many of history's most intelligent minds have contemplated this very philosophical question, however, in most cases their predictions and the reality of the future were polar opposites. Some men have said that in the future man would develop into a better creature, morally, physically, and mentally, but taking into consideration the current social situation of planet Earth, I'd say that they missed by more than a mile on that one. However, one can never be completely certain whether or not people will take a turn for the better in the near or distant future, but this seems highly unlikely. All of these predictions showcase the fact that man is often surprising and that the future can never (and probably should never) be accurately predicted, for the sake of our sanity and the outcome of things. If you could accurately predict the future, then this would probably not be the real future as you would make decisions knowing what you thought was the future, then the outcome of the future would be changed meaning that in reality, you wouldn't have effectively predicted the future at all. That probably sounded like something you would hear in back to the future, but I think that is what would happen if someone had the ability (or lack of in light of my argument) to "predict" the future. As always, the quality of life here on earth for our descendants will probably be far from what we imagine it to be.
          
                                                  -Andrew