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Indeed a disappointing list. A positive (logically, not ethically) prediction from my side: In 100 years, the earth will have a smaller population than now (6
by stygianguest 14y ago
Indeed a disappointing list.
A positive (logically, not ethically) prediction from my side:
In 100 years, the earth will have a smaller population than now (6 Billion), concentrated in clusters of smallish cities (as opposed to mega-cities). Nature will be reconquering much of the world that has been devastated by climate change and the desperate attempts to grow food by starving populations.
Society will be heavily stratified, with a perpetually unemployed lower class living of the state with minimal rights and opportunities. Class distinctions are amplified by biotechnological advances accessible only to those with money and power. Surveillance will be ubiquitous and anonymity will be non-existant for all but the most technologically savvy. Most countries will be governed by some pseudo-democratic system.
Some descendant of humanity, be it genetically enhanced men or our electro-mechanical children, will have colonized asteroids. Moreover, they will be sending out extrasolar expeditions following the probes they have sent out 50 years earlier.
I must be in a bad mood today. Also, I didn't follow your advice.
- personlurking 14y agoI think things will be a bit similar to the setting of the 2003 film Code 46 w/ Tim Robbins. "It is the not-too-distant future. The population is divided between those who live "inside", in high-density cities physically separated from "outside", where a poor underclass live. Access to and travel between the cities is highly restricted, and regulated through the use of health cover documents, known as "papelles" in the global pidgin language of the day (which comprises elements of English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Italian, Farsi and Mandarin). Most residents of the cities venture outside at night and remain indoors during the day, as direct sunlight has come to be thought of as hazardous to their health. However, many residents inside and outside the cities still work and venture outdoors during the daytime hours (as seen on multiple occasions throughout the film). The form of government appears to be authoritarian in nature and at least somewhat dystopian. Society is regulated by various "codes". The eponymous code of the movie title prohibits "genetically incestuous reproduction", which may occur as a result of the various medical technologies which have become commonplace, such as cloning."
- sturadnidge 14y agoNegative predictions are quite interesting IMHO, shame we don't see more of them in pop media. They could've at least mentioned 2038 in this one.