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Exactly. I think if we had read this when it was first written, we may have thought it was far-fetched. But in reality, much of what he predicted has come true.
I hope too that human activity will remain fundamental. I actually googled ‘will lawyers become obsolete’ after reading this article the first time, because i couldn’t imagine it. However, after reading several articles I realised it is a possibility. Maybe (and hopefully!) not in our lifetime!
Lastly, your concluding thoughts are very similar to what Chiara mentioned – I think you’ll find this forum interesting> https://hub.englishdigitalacademy.com/forums/topic/exponential-age/
Notes: this is a wonderfully discerning piece Sonia. You’ve used some rich vocabulary and your connectors are top! Excellent work.
Some feedback:
– Your first sentence is very long. To make it more natural you could break it up with some commas and divide it in two. Something like this:
Considering that the author wrote this article almost 4 years ago, I believe that his predictions were not, and are not, so far from what has happened and is happening in the reality. Especially if we are talking about software, electric cars or online digital courses.
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thisnew technologies = these– with regards regulation = with regards to