Last week I threw my hat into the ring of pundits who presume to be able to foretell the future (hah!). Here are links to a few news articles (the BBC, and the Independent, which present predictions for the next 100 years. I thought my post was treading on some pretty thin ice, but 100 years? I think that you could posit almost anything and have about the same probability results…
Nonetheless, this is a great article to think about …what would you add?
Twenty top predictions for life 100 years from now
7. We will all be wired to computers to make our brains work faster
IP: Likelihood 10/10. We can expect this as soon as 2050 for many people. By 2075, most people in the developed world will use machine augmentation of some sort for their brains and, by the end of the century, pretty much everyone will. If someone else does this, you will have to compete.
18. Sovereign nation states will cease to exist and there will be one world government
PT: Great try! However, I think that the trend is in the direction of more sovereign nations rather than fewer. In the coming years, corporations or wealthy private citizens will attempt to use earth-moving technologies to build their own semi-sovereign entities in international waters.
IP: Likelihood 2/10.
What will life be like 100 years from now?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/what-will-life-be-like-100-years-from-now-423462.html
