In my opinion, the next 100 years are going to be the outcome of inventions in the areas of energy generation and storage. Systems currently perceived as futuri

In my opinion, the next 100 years are going to be the outcome of inventions in the areas of energy generation and storage. Systems currently perceived as futuristic such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, tidal will all become primitive in comparison. The results of expansions and discoveries will spill over into all aspects of our lives - however it will not start until someone picks up Fermi's work. Just what the IC did for the last 1/2 of this century, and the spillover effect is from Apple to Groupon to FB, someone will figure a way to generate, move and store energy that will impact our transportation, how food is grown/produced, how we work and travel, how we share and present information, and the overall quality of life in the most underdeveloped parts of the world. Wars will become more lethal and fierce, but will become narrower and be more targeted. If Steve Jobs were well, and Apple would have fired him again, I can see someone like him leading the charge. The above is all speculative, of course, but this is what I think the next 100 will look like.