Probably the same as today, but with better tech shit. And everyone will be looking back to our time and complaining about how everything was more peaceful and shit.
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No I was actually implying that pretty much none of it happened.Skull Kid said:
Sure, we can do some pretty cool things today - no way I'm going to diss modern technological, scientific, and medical achievements, but just compare...
So we went to the moon. Now what? Half a century later, nothing. The space race ended pretty pointlessly - sure, there are the bragging rights and I'm sure plenty of useful knowledge coming out of the whole ordeal, but still...
And the 2012 thing isn't all that new. People were predicting the end of the world so many times I don't understand why they even bother anymore. 1666, sure. Plenty of times between it and 2012 that I'm too lazy to mention.
Even in days of such scientific knowledge people still rely on superstitions and bullshit like "New Age" stuff or prayer. Sad, really.
I know what you meant with the predictions thing - it was just the first thing that popped into my head. As for the 2012 thing, I think its a load of rubbish. Aside from that, good point about how people still rely on superstitions and how our predictions back then were a bit off target to say the least. Thing is now that there is quite a lot of proof about bad decisions humankind has made and plenty of graphs about resources population...that kind of thing.Billion Backs said:
As far as I can see, there are two possible outcomes.
We could develop radical life-extention, grow single bodyparts in laboratories, and obtain better solar energy systems. This would mean the entire healthcare system could be tossed, as well as pensions. Every country would have increased wealthfare. From this point onwards, we'd have to conclude that earth is a finite system - and thus our resources are. Consumentalism (and maybe capitalism as a whole) is not sustainable. We'd all have to cut waaay back in our energy usage - and that's okay.
Option two is that we start wars over oil, pretty soon after wars over water, and at point we're all in deep, deep problems.
The rapid growth of, well, everything the past few hundred years is because of oil. Oil makes for gigantic amounts of cheap energy. We're gonna run out - and either we work on genetics and tissue engineering, and we invest in things that are not very profitable, but wise - Or people will just keep hoarding and consuming to the point of war. It's all about working together now.
Interesting times we live in...
We could develop radical life-extention, grow single bodyparts in laboratories, and obtain better solar energy systems. This would mean the entire healthcare system could be tossed, as well as pensions. Every country would have increased wealthfare. From this point onwards, we'd have to conclude that earth is a finite system - and thus our resources are. Consumentalism (and maybe capitalism as a whole) is not sustainable. We'd all have to cut waaay back in our energy usage - and that's okay.
Option two is that we start wars over oil, pretty soon after wars over water, and at point we're all in deep, deep problems.
The rapid growth of, well, everything the past few hundred years is because of oil. Oil makes for gigantic amounts of cheap energy. We're gonna run out - and either we work on genetics and tissue engineering, and we invest in things that are not very profitable, but wise - Or people will just keep hoarding and consuming to the point of war. It's all about working together now.
Interesting times we live in...
The future probably won't be bad, unless you're expecting Dukem Nukem Forever and Half Life 2 Ep 3.
Other than that the future seems dirty thing's will probably be less defined like the difference between lifestyle and work. Transparency will probably be more important that privacy and technology will enhance our standard of living while effectively deteriorating the quality for those that can't afford it. Or in other words, it won't be so bad if you enjoy today, you'll enjoy tomorrow and if you don't then gl hf dd.
Other than that the future seems dirty thing's will probably be less defined like the difference between lifestyle and work. Transparency will probably be more important that privacy and technology will enhance our standard of living while effectively deteriorating the quality for those that can't afford it. Or in other words, it won't be so bad if you enjoy today, you'll enjoy tomorrow and if you don't then gl hf dd.
The future will only be ideal to each of us if we work to make it so.
Thats all I have to say on the subject.
Thats all I have to say on the subject.
The thing is that the most likely 'clean' fuel we'll end up with is hydrogen,Skull Kid said:
which produces water as it's waste, so that takes care of fuel and water wars.
Highest probability says the next war wont be about resources or ideology.
It'll be about arrogance.
Meh. We share borders with the great lakes and chances are US would protect Canada for lions share of the resources. I don't think much will change, people for ever have been sprouting end of days lyrics, but yet quality of life for modernized nations is getting better and better. The only thing that may change is Cars, you might see cut down of Motorized vehicles or a increase in electric vehicles.AvsJoe said:
For everyone who is suggesting population cuts why cuts to avoid future conflicts over resources why don't you be the first to volunteer yourself for said cuts?
Yeah that's what I thought, every solution sounds grand until it effects you.
OT: I'm hoping we'll find a new source of energy. discovery channel has shown many documentaries about possibilities that are already viable but are being held down by big oil companies.However, We all know how much power they'll have in a couple years wehn all the oil is gone.
Yeah that's what I thought, every solution sounds grand until it effects you.
OT: I'm hoping we'll find a new source of energy. discovery channel has shown many documentaries about possibilities that are already viable but are being held down by big oil companies.However, We all know how much power they'll have in a couple years wehn all the oil is gone.
Ending world hunger and teaching dolphins to speak, right?FargoDog said:
Personally, I'm hoping for either a nuclear apocalypse, an orwellian regime cropping up, or a zombie scenario; if only because they would make life much more interesting than it currently is. But then again, I've never pretended to know what the future holds...
Like someone once said, things will get worse before they can get any better. What's more important is that people become well informed about how the world actually works, and that a better world is possible, we just have to change our way of living for it to happen.
Also if you havent seen Zeitgeist Addendum, i suggest you do. Its an awesome documentary. You can watch it for free on youtube. here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs
Also if you havent seen Zeitgeist Addendum, i suggest you do. Its an awesome documentary. You can watch it for free on youtube. here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs
It's very, very common for people to be pessimistic about the future. Going back hundreds of years, people have always thought that the end of the good times was just around the corner. Of course, they were always wrong, just like people who think this today are also wrong.Skull Kid said:
World population is projected to level out at 9 billion people, this is according to UN data. They initially thought it was going to be 18 billion but they've revised the figures downward, and several countries are actually going backwards in population growth. 9 billion, the planet can easily support that as long as we live sustainably, and we will because we will soon have no choice, because fossil fuels will eventually run out, so we'll swap to alternatives, which means that fossil resources won't be an issue then either. Necessity is the mother of invention, and renewable energy technologies exist right now, with more to come.
If we can learn anything from history, and if humans have proved anything over the last few thousand years, it's that we're incredibly adaptable to changing circumstances, and that we can engineer solutions to any crisis. Yes, there are problems, but for every problem the world faces, there's people working on solutions, and they will solve the problems, you bet. Why? Because why wouldn't they want to solve the problems and live in a better world? (Also there's potloads of money to be made in fixing problems like these.) Don't worry - the future is going to be awesome, be happy that you get to go along for the ride.
Sadly when I think of the future the only possible outcome I can see is nuclear war at worst or non-nuclear wars at best. I'd like to be optimistic and say we'd get renewable energy and that science will manage to sort everything out but I find it very unlikely since we're greedy resource grabbing Humans. Can't dwell on these things though since there'll be good as well such as portal 2 and oil companies running out of oil(Try and bribe politicians after the oil runs out).
