How do you imagine the world by 2050?
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I was well up for getting singularity, but i try to limit myself for games, and it was that or the cheaper Dark Void, another enjoyable, if short, game. Playing it, you can see what yahtzee says about it running out of stuff. A plot point is hyped up majorly, then never turns up again. A character says something ominous, but nothing comes of it.The Ambrosian said:
I'll get sungularity soon though.
And go for Metro! I'll have another play through too at some point!
Singularity is great except for those damned phase-ticks.The Cheezy One said:
And I played the Dark Void demo and couldn't stand it. I thought it played pretty bad. That might be just me though.
I doubt that any smart nation will use nukes again. In war, no matter what the motivation is, both sides want to gain ground to use.RUINER ACTUAL said:
Nukes are counter-productive. While they may eliminate the enemy, they'll cover the territory with radiation and fallout, making the ground hazardous to troops.
Bio-weaponry would be better for a faction to use because, unlike nukes, you can immunize yourself to not die from it. Fallout shelters can't be made for bio-weaponry, either...
about 40 years older, I presume.
NASA will still get a pitifully small funding, scientific interest will grind to a halt as fat, lazy people become complacent with their facebooks and iPhones, yet simultaneously demading more for their money.
And then I will rise from the ashes of this world, chem in one hand, calculus in the other, and rule the wastes!
NASA will still get a pitifully small funding, scientific interest will grind to a halt as fat, lazy people become complacent with their facebooks and iPhones, yet simultaneously demading more for their money.
And then I will rise from the ashes of this world, chem in one hand, calculus in the other, and rule the wastes!
Like the AIDS epidemic. anti-biotic resistant sicknesses. Population increases and two emergent billion population nations craving the same resources we already have issue with.theevilsanta said:
I'm not going to scream certain doom, but the idea that things have never been better is kind of amusing. The idea that past beliefs of the end of the world offer much in the way of perspective is also amusing.
After all, it's more or less like saying that you've driven home drunk lots of times and you've never died.
i would like to be optimistic, but its difficult to be. prolly overpopulation and more suffereing. i dont rly wanna be around for it
I wasnt a fan either until I pulled off a couple cool moves. The dog fighting took too long though, and gets old really fast in larger fights, and enemies soak too many shots.The Ambrosian said:
Just thought I'd get Singularity for £10, but I must have been sniped onto the confirm payment screen, because it came up saying "that product is no longer available". Next one - £18. maybe when I next get paid.
I second this motion. I recon the scenario from the Deus Ex games pretty possible.stukov961 said:If it's not like this, I'm going to be very disappointed.
I doubt that scientific interest will fall flat. You see, science makes businessmen some serious cash.Singularly Datarific said:
Every electronic in your house had a research team behind it making sure that it was made correctly. And they got paid big bucks for it, too.
So, if anything, scientific interest will increase because of the growing need for technological innovation to compete in the marketplace. Public funded space and science programs like NASA might be doomed, but science as a whole will get more privatized.
far less people considering China is about to hit the worst tipping of genderbalance in the history of man and the enviromental changes in Africa will kill countless people. I also suspect a almost racist segregation politic will occur if a new big terroristattack happens. Some countries might even start deportation.
On the bright side: when the north pole has melted away and caused irreversabel damage to the Gulf (that's not the bright side) we can start sending all who denies global warming back to the schoolbensh and declare that everyone who denied or denies it for personal comfort are retards.
On the bright side: when the north pole has melted away and caused irreversabel damage to the Gulf (that's not the bright side) we can start sending all who denies global warming back to the schoolbensh and declare that everyone who denied or denies it for personal comfort are retards.
Why do so many people feel its gonna be a US/china divide? too much fallout methinks. In the next 50 years the EU will probably have emerged as a more solidified super power, it already is the largest economy. That and we will see the rise of many state based coalitions. Welcome to the brand new bloc system excpet this time its worldwide. We will see the rise of african nations and i hate to say but possibly some nations like the us and china may buckle and divide in the new world pressures.
Also people if global warming got too bad it would trigger an ice age which would mean that africa, south america etc would become the new centre of the world.
Also people if global warming got too bad it would trigger an ice age which would mean that africa, south america etc would become the new centre of the world.
It will be worse, much worse. I think competition for finite recourses will drive us to war long before 2051, just hope it doesn't go nuke.Saucycardog said:
Wow, there's a whole lot of "We're all going to kill each other" style comments...
I think we've seen the last of major power going toe-to-toe with each other. Where wars are fought between these powers in the future, I expect it to be proxy wars, Vietnam style. A major source of violence in the near future will be terrorism - a lot of terrorist attacks are "foiled" every week (foiled also refers to all the attacks that fail because they're stupid). Statistically speaking, a large terrorist attack is bound to succeed. Much larger than 9/11, possibly a nuke or biological attack. If there's war in the Middle East, this will be how it starts.
The world over, the gap between rich and poor will increase. Central Africa will remain this shithole it is today, minus a couple of diseases, plus a couple of different health problems. Massive advantages in technology will improve everyone's quality of life, but the rich's more than the poor's.
Overpopulation conflicts with the desire for higher birth rates - we're seeing the problem with that now. The Baby Boomers' generation starting to retire and countries across the developed world needing to increase the pension age (to decrease the number of pensioners) and increase tax rates (to pay the increased number of pensioners). The French love to protest, but we'll see those protests around the world soon, because people do not like to be told "Hey, you're going to have to work for an extra 5 years, AND pay more tax while you're doing it". Governments have to make the hard decsions to make sure the people are supported, but that will be crippled by:
Supercorporations. By 2050, and I'm fairly certain of this, borders will be of less importance than employment. Huge diversified corporations will control large parts of many industries to the point where they will run entire areas. We've seen it on the small scale for decades, where a mining company will effectively run a town. The American political scene is run by big business - politicians (and therefore administrations) always owe corportations and I don't think it's a huge step to see Corporatocracies form. These administrations will be beholden to shareholders, and will operated a socially far-right policy where everything is balanced against the bottom line. Czerka, anyone?
History has shown us the average person's work/life ratio has continued to improve throughout history, and there's not much to suggest that won't continue. Automated systems will continue to improve and replace human workers. Where it was commonplace for people to work 50 hour weeks fifty years ago, now it's considered a lot of work which is (mostly) done by cash-strapped people. Now, people demand overtime when they work more than 40 hours, and in fifty years time, I'd expect the average working week to be more like 25 hours. As I mentioned before, the rich/poor divide will worsen so this applies more to the upper-middle class of professionals. The poor will still be working 50 hours weeks, where they can find work. Poverty will be the primary social concern of 2060.
And, because this is The Escapist: We've figured out how to project an image onto 3d refractive material to generate a 3d image. We have systems that can map an entire room in 3d. We have operate by thought technology in prototype fighter jets, and in use in assisting the physically disabled. We have everything needed that full immersive VR is possibly a decade away, maybe 15. Take this further, and we should be able to flawlessly simulate touch/taste/smell and suddenly something like the Enterprise's holodeck doesn't seem too far away.
Ha, almost forgot resource depletion. I've written everything here assuming we solve that problem. At the moment, PV cells are really inefficient (like, 6-10%) - we'll fix that, for sure. Nuclear (fission) in the short term (the next 30-40) years is part of the soultion, moving into more efficiant and cleaner nuclear fusion after that. Organic plastics will be developed in a move away from petrochemicals. Copper is a concern, and we'll see a more public effort to recycle it soon. The worst the planet will see will be in 35-40 years, I think, and then we'll be able to start to fix the damage.
I think we've seen the last of major power going toe-to-toe with each other. Where wars are fought between these powers in the future, I expect it to be proxy wars, Vietnam style. A major source of violence in the near future will be terrorism - a lot of terrorist attacks are "foiled" every week (foiled also refers to all the attacks that fail because they're stupid). Statistically speaking, a large terrorist attack is bound to succeed. Much larger than 9/11, possibly a nuke or biological attack. If there's war in the Middle East, this will be how it starts.
The world over, the gap between rich and poor will increase. Central Africa will remain this shithole it is today, minus a couple of diseases, plus a couple of different health problems. Massive advantages in technology will improve everyone's quality of life, but the rich's more than the poor's.
Overpopulation conflicts with the desire for higher birth rates - we're seeing the problem with that now. The Baby Boomers' generation starting to retire and countries across the developed world needing to increase the pension age (to decrease the number of pensioners) and increase tax rates (to pay the increased number of pensioners). The French love to protest, but we'll see those protests around the world soon, because people do not like to be told "Hey, you're going to have to work for an extra 5 years, AND pay more tax while you're doing it". Governments have to make the hard decsions to make sure the people are supported, but that will be crippled by:
Supercorporations. By 2050, and I'm fairly certain of this, borders will be of less importance than employment. Huge diversified corporations will control large parts of many industries to the point where they will run entire areas. We've seen it on the small scale for decades, where a mining company will effectively run a town. The American political scene is run by big business - politicians (and therefore administrations) always owe corportations and I don't think it's a huge step to see Corporatocracies form. These administrations will be beholden to shareholders, and will operated a socially far-right policy where everything is balanced against the bottom line. Czerka, anyone?
History has shown us the average person's work/life ratio has continued to improve throughout history, and there's not much to suggest that won't continue. Automated systems will continue to improve and replace human workers. Where it was commonplace for people to work 50 hour weeks fifty years ago, now it's considered a lot of work which is (mostly) done by cash-strapped people. Now, people demand overtime when they work more than 40 hours, and in fifty years time, I'd expect the average working week to be more like 25 hours. As I mentioned before, the rich/poor divide will worsen so this applies more to the upper-middle class of professionals. The poor will still be working 50 hours weeks, where they can find work. Poverty will be the primary social concern of 2060.
And, because this is The Escapist: We've figured out how to project an image onto 3d refractive material to generate a 3d image. We have systems that can map an entire room in 3d. We have operate by thought technology in prototype fighter jets, and in use in assisting the physically disabled. We have everything needed that full immersive VR is possibly a decade away, maybe 15. Take this further, and we should be able to flawlessly simulate touch/taste/smell and suddenly something like the Enterprise's holodeck doesn't seem too far away.
Ha, almost forgot resource depletion. I've written everything here assuming we solve that problem. At the moment, PV cells are really inefficient (like, 6-10%) - we'll fix that, for sure. Nuclear (fission) in the short term (the next 30-40) years is part of the soultion, moving into more efficiant and cleaner nuclear fusion after that. Organic plastics will be developed in a move away from petrochemicals. Copper is a concern, and we'll see a more public effort to recycle it soon. The worst the planet will see will be in 35-40 years, I think, and then we'll be able to start to fix the damage.
No, it's not. And you're wrong. Things never have been better. It sounds weird, but it's absolutely true. Not going to get into details.Zachary Amaranth said:
I don't know but I tell you...if I don't have my own protectron and, a case of Nuka-Cola by then I will be pretty miffed.
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In the next 40 years I'm hoping robotic teams will have been sent onto the moon and into space where they will be building our first off-world colonies. I'm going to also go out on a limb and assume advanced stem-cell research will have lead to a cure for many more of our diseases like the Rhino Virus (common cold) and more common variants of the flu. Also, you know those prototype 'artificial eyes' you may have heard of a few years back? I am hoping those will be perfected. Blindness may be cured but in 40 years, it may still be limited to the same level of sight as say, dogs who can't see in color and who can't see TV screens.
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In the next 40 years I'm hoping robotic teams will have been sent onto the moon and into space where they will be building our first off-world colonies. I'm going to also go out on a limb and assume advanced stem-cell research will have lead to a cure for many more of our diseases like the Rhino Virus (common cold) and more common variants of the flu. Also, you know those prototype 'artificial eyes' you may have heard of a few years back? I am hoping those will be perfected. Blindness may be cured but in 40 years, it may still be limited to the same level of sight as say, dogs who can't see in color and who can't see TV screens.
The problem is, there are way more people that are keen to destory/not care abouyt the planet then there are that want to save it. People are having kids at teenage years for almost no reason other than they wanted the sex, and people are keen to fight religious wears and etc etc. I mean, remember that thread on korea threatening america with nuclear war?
Anyway, I guess I kinda believe the story of frontlines: Fuel of war (In case you dont know it, resources run out, countries are in pretty much ruin, people are fighting for the last oil spots, Russia team up with China to fight america, all for little amounts of oil for their respective countries. Its generally reffered to as World war 3)
The story of Frontlines takes place around 2012-2015. While I dont think it'll happen then, something like this could happen in the future.
Anyway, I guess I kinda believe the story of frontlines: Fuel of war (In case you dont know it, resources run out, countries are in pretty much ruin, people are fighting for the last oil spots, Russia team up with China to fight america, all for little amounts of oil for their respective countries. Its generally reffered to as World war 3)
The story of Frontlines takes place around 2012-2015. While I dont think it'll happen then, something like this could happen in the future.