Why so scary?
Humans evolve, we have since the beginning of our time. WE can chose to make our evolution good. As humans we have to wise up, start teaching our kids, start taking care of the planet, and most important, learn to get along with each other. None of this will come true if we end up killing ourselves. It is 2007, it is time to put our differences behind us, and start working together.
So what if the Chinese out number us, so what if others are smarter than our average. That is right now, we have to face that, and do our best to advance the human race, not what political, religious, or what country we happen to live in.
We need to switch gears from what's wrong with the rest of the world, and start thinking about how we can make our lives, and the lives of others, better. Polution, our dependence on oil (from any country), our education system, etc...
Technologogy will advance, that just shows what humans are capable of.
I don't see scary, I see the future.