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Cole learned his lesson the night a Strip doorman turned him away. “But that’s Nat King Cole,” his white companion said. “I don’t care if he’s Jesus Christ,” said the doorman. “He’s a n-----, and he stays out.” Fifty years may seem like a long time. It will be 2063 in fifty years time. Musk's Hyperloop could be everywhere or not depending on what kind of snags it hits along the way.[1] Cancer could be cured, too, again depending on who you ask.[2] However, what is always far more elusive to predict is the social realm of problems. Unlike technological advancements, societal whims and mores are trickier and are beset by a very different set of challenges. Will we have reached a veritable post-racial society by then? We could only wish. [1] http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4874.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4874.html [2] http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/personalized-medicine-vs-evolution/ http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/personalized-medicine-vs...