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The world stands at a watershed; the actions of a few individuals can bring humanity back to the dark ages, or towards a golden age of human civilisation. Humanity’s traits are the only constant amongst these and an understanding of it would allow us a better glimpse of our future. This book aims to look far beyond the 21st century and see how human life is like, based on our actions today. It is an attempt to understand the innate differences between humans and artificial intelligence and how a symbiotic relationship would allow AI and humans to co-exist. In 21st century Earth, the climate will be vastly different from today. Our economy will be forcibly restructured into only the essential industries. Luxuries would cease to exist, together with a large part of humanity as the fury of mother nature is merciless and relentless. We look to other planets as our only hope of survival and it is this spaceward look that we understand our place in the cosmos. Will humans eventually evolve into a spacefaring civilisation to escape our end on earth? Will we encounter a more advanced civilisation? Or will humanity succumb to the harsh climate changes of earth and join the many species who have become extinct?