progress of technology 

The future of technology will resemble the ongoing ideological clash between liberalism and conservatism. At some point in our near future technology will be accessible and available at such universal level that fundamental changes in our concept of normalcy will occur and a struggle will will ensue. This struggle, between the technologically liberal and the technologically conservative may arise out of any number of events, but at its core it will be a battle between those who are willing, even desiring, to change themselves to operate better in their environment or to conform socially; and those who will seek a purity in the human condition and seek to change their environment to conform to them.