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The story is amazing. But what continuously went through my head was how different our world will be 25 years from now. It'll be 2038...what will technology be

The story is amazing. But what continuously went through my head was how different our world will be 25 years from now. It'll be 2038...what will technology be like? If you take a second to realize what it was 25 years ago, what it is now, and then ask yourself what it WILL be in 25 years...well shit, I was left speechless.

glurgh 13y ago
There will be no complex digital technology in 2038. Unix time will have ended. If you are particularly well-prepared, you may be able to trade 37 bushels of unhulled oats for a hand-cranked shortwave radio receiver. An even, disembodied voice on it will remind you to remain indoors.
- cmircea 13y ago
  Old joke...
  - warmwaffles 13y ago
    Still got a good laugh from it.
SmokyBorbon 13y ago
Except for computers and the internet, science and technology have been stagnant for the past 50 years. Our civilization is in decline. In 25 years, we will only have slightly refined versions of what we have today.
- OGinparadise 13y ago
  "So, other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?” http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803233506AAHJ2P6 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803233506AA...
- gngeal 13y ago
  "science and technology have been stagnant for the past 50 years." Exactly, especially the continued use of old drugs, lack of modern genetics, continued use of Bakelite and iron instead of aiming to develop newer materials such as composites and carbon fibers and modern alloys is appalling. And we still don't know how old the universe is, if there are planets at all outside the Solar system at all, we still have to wait for the images of outer planets, nobody really knows how to fight cancer, people around the world are starving because the green revolution has never happened, treating complicated medical cases is difficult due to the lack of X-ray tomography and MRI, sailors still navigate using a sextant because a global satellite navigation is completely inconceivable and innocent people rot in jail even though DNA evidence could prove their innocence at least in some cases.
WalterBright 13y ago
My great-aunt remembers the time the first car arrived in her village in the 1800s. She lived to fly across the Atlantic in a jetliner, and see the moon landings.
- jacquesm 13y ago
  She remembers? Wow. That's amazing. How old is she now then?
  - WalterBright 13y ago
    She passed in the 1980's. She was born in 1890 or so.
- babuskov 13y ago
  You surely mean 1900s, right? Or 1890's?
  - gngeal 13y ago
    The latter is unlikely, as the oldest person still alive was born in 1897.

glurgh 13y ago

There will be no complex digital technology in 2038. Unix time will have ended. If you are particularly well-prepared, you may be able to trade 37 bushels of unhulled oats for a hand-cranked shortwave radio receiver. An even, disembodied voice on it will remind you to remain indoors.

cmircea 13y ago
Old joke...
- warmwaffles 13y ago
  Still got a good laugh from it.

SmokyBorbon 13y ago

Except for computers and the internet, science and technology have been stagnant for the past 50 years. Our civilization is in decline. In 25 years, we will only have slightly refined versions of what we have today.

OGinparadise 13y ago
"So, other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?” http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803233506AAHJ2P6 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803233506AA...
gngeal 13y ago
"science and technology have been stagnant for the past 50 years." Exactly, especially the continued use of old drugs, lack of modern genetics, continued use of Bakelite and iron instead of aiming to develop newer materials such as composites and carbon fibers and modern alloys is appalling. And we still don't know how old the universe is, if there are planets at all outside the Solar system at all, we still have to wait for the images of outer planets, nobody really knows how to fight cancer, people around the world are starving because the green revolution has never happened, treating complicated medical cases is difficult due to the lack of X-ray tomography and MRI, sailors still navigate using a sextant because a global satellite navigation is completely inconceivable and innocent people rot in jail even though DNA evidence could prove their innocence at least in some cases.

WalterBright 13y ago

My great-aunt remembers the time the first car arrived in her village in the 1800s. She lived to fly across the Atlantic in a jetliner, and see the moon landings.

jacquesm 13y ago
She remembers? Wow. That's amazing. How old is she now then?
- WalterBright 13y ago
  She passed in the 1980's. She was born in 1890 or so.
babuskov 13y ago
You surely mean 1900s, right? Or 1890's?
- gngeal 13y ago
  The latter is unlikely, as the oldest person still alive was born in 1897.