Your thoughts on what our society and the world in general will be like in 80 years.

[Jokinomx]

I recently read an article that printed some of the predictions made by some of our finest minds 80 years ago

I can't find the article...but I it got me thinking about how our world will change in the NEXT 80 years.

Serious thought proves this is a very difficult thing to do. So I thought I would ask the D.U. community to come up with some of their own predictions.

The question is what kind of changes will have occurred in our society and the world in 80 years?



A couple of my thoughts....


There will be a vast reduction of people on the planet. Possibly as much as 25 to 40%. This will not be a pretty thing to witness. Either food and water shortages, viruses or planetary catastrophes will reduce our population. I wish we could evolve to a point in our world to reduce population voluntarily but I am certain we are not mature enough as a species to tackle such a problem.

Someone will have figured out a way to harness static electricity and this will help free the world of most of it's addiction to oil.



What are some of yours?

[FSogol]

1. Extra smooth peanut butter will join extra crunchy in the grocey store.

Water will cost 3x what is costs now.
Public schools will run from 9-5 all year long.
Using currency in lieu of debit cards will be rare.

[Uzybone]

2. The Cubs will still be searching for a World Series

Men will marry goats, and fish will walk on two legs.

[damntexdem]

8. And Northwestern will still be trying to win a bowl game.

[Lint Head]

3. I predict the majority reading this will be

dead in 80 years. Except for Keith Richards.

[man4allcats]

4. In 80 years this planet will be a

smoldering, radioactive ruin - the result of a nuclear holocaust initiated by the United States so we "won't have to fight them over here."

[treestar]

5. There won't be any cash

Everything can be paid for electronically.

Medical technology - perhaps no one will have to be paralyzed - people will have better health for not smoking, etc. - knowing those things are damaging.

English will be spoken by everyone with any education at all.

There will be some way to do without oil for energy - or some way to use nuclear power without waste.

[ClassWarrior]

6. Sorta like this.

NGU.

[high density]

13. a 1970s Jenny Agutter & cool Jerry Goldsmith music

I can't wait! ;)

[ClassWarrior]

15. I'm getting my mood orb ready!

NGU.

[damntexdem]

7. Very likely: it won't be our world, and there will be no society.

Can humans survive the next 80 years?

[Teaser]

11. of course we'll survive

complete annihilation is almost impossible, given our massive population.

[slackmaster]

9. Nobody will wear underwear

Double-breasted sport coats and Mullet haircuts will make a dramatic comeback.

[golfguru]

10. The OTC drug with highest sales in drug stores will be

pills to help with indigestion and gas, from eating too much
green stuff and roughage and soda containing artificial sweetners.

[lunatica]

12. A wild combination of Mad Max, Brave New World, 1984 and Idiocracy

[dionysus]

14. it'll be pretty much the same.

[old mark]

16. I will be 143 years old...or more likely dead. At that time, we will see some first steps

taken for the public option in health care in the US, but the GOP will stall and ask for more time to study the problem.
Bristol Palin's daughter will be on the Supreme Court.
The US capital will have moved to Hollywood because the weather is better and its more trendy and well,...closer to the beach.
Employment rate will be almost as high as it is now.
Gold will be $2 million per oz, and jewelery wil be made of plastic unless you are rich.

Rich people will own workers outright, but it won't be called slavery, rather something more friendly, but exactly the same otherwise.
TV programming will REALLY suck!
mark

[BlueIris]

17. My first thought was akin to your own: "Well, disease and famine and war

will have wiped out like half of everyone."

Smaller cities, a lot less atmosphere, and a lot warmer.