Stephen,
Great little essay. At once uplifting and somewhat concerning! Mine also predicts revolution, but from a better understanding identified therein. Yours goes rather deeper and gives an interesting and quite original portent.
I certainly agree; "The scientific method...needs constant updating, in ethical and technical terms." But it seems difficult enough to even get science to employ it at present! Will we really achieve that fundamentally important aim?
Well done, worth as high a points per word count ratio as Declan Trail's (but for quite different reasons I hope you can read ours together to see).
Best
Peter