Structural levels of technological development and their consequences

Possible futures of humanity with respect to technological development are considered. Contextualizing the framework of four alternative futures suggested by Dator (2009), this research establishes a more specific and improved environment in which three situations are evaluated according to technological parameters: the stability, the regression and the continuity scenarios. These alternative futures are classified by means of a cone of plausibility, an organizational methodological tool in the field of Futures Studies. The continuity scenario, in which humanity keeps evolving technologically, seems to have the highest probability and plausibility of occurring. Then, feasible ramifications of the continuity scenario are evaluated.