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What does the future holds for us as a planet? I got thinking about this, and had some of ideas what our world might be like in several years time. George Orwell did the same in his book 1984. I’ve never read his book, but I gather he made some good predictions. This is what I think a possible 2084 could look like….
One of the major issues of the future is not global warming as many may have thought but overpopulation. As birth rates increased at a rapid rate during this period of time, life expectancy also increased with much better medication, one of the most recent medical breakthroughs being a cure for cancer with a 97% success rate. The world’s human population has grown threateningly large, the world straining under its weight. Animals on the other hand mostly livestock have seen a drop in population as hungry mouths are fed, even the introduction of cloning quite recently to aid food production doesn’t seem to have had much effect. Now at this present day many countries have made giving birth illegal, and in some areas men and women have been compulsorily “nurtured” as a method of putting a halt to this ever large birth rate. Many citizens have naturally reacted angrily to this, but with very strict rules on immigration many citizens find it difficult to enter less strict countries. Many people try to enter other areas illegally but for many this journey results in death if caught, those who do get abroad have trouble getting an income with ID cards being compulsory for granted employment.
The greater population has also caused the construction of taller buildings for offices and flats. Many houses were demolished and replaced with large “house-flats” consisting of several houses on top of each other, entrances accessible by stairs and lifts. Down on the ground, even during daylight sometimes streetlights have to be on to provide light with much of it blackened out by the shadows of these tall buildings side by side. In Japan many people are now living underground. Several other countries are expected to follow suit.
The gigantic population has depleted many of the Earth’s natural resources such as fossil fuels, however in 2035 ago a scientific breakthrough was made in discovering a way of making important reactions such as that between alkenes and oxygen reversible so that from the simple compounds carbon dioxide and water oil can be made quickly and efficiently, rather than it occurring naturally over millions of years. Many reactions have been found reversible and as a result many of our natural resources are recycled artificially. The great population has also filled up most landfill sites across the world. In 2065 NASA built a very large, but relatively cheap automatically piloted spacecraft prototype. The idea was that rubbish could be exported into space and dropped off on to other planets such as the moon. The spacecraft had relatively large speeds, however many were needed to continue the ever-demanding removal of waste. However in 2072, astronauts perfected a much faster spacecraft that could accelerate with gravitational fields unmanned. They could fire rubbish at an even greater speed. From this year many spacecrafts fired waste into the sun to remove it. However the technology was no near perfect, on July 21st 2069 for example a failure in flight, crashed the rocket on a small town in America killing 5 and injuring 29. In August 2071 it also “rained” rubbish after a problem with the waste disposal unit on board the craft. Recycling however plays an important role in conserving natural resources. In the UK, with the “Green Party” at the helm of the government in 2023 after winning a landslide victory against the Conservative government, mainly due to the escalating problem of global warming, much money was pumped into conserving natural resources and the environment. More hydrogen-fuelled cars were put on the road when production was halted on petrol and diesel fuelled cars, however this proved unpopular with most oil stations finding it easier to use fossil fuels. Hydrogen-fuelled cars were also much dearer than the petrol alternative and this scheme saw a slight decrease in car purchases over the time it was introduced. However education, national and public services most notably the health service suffered badly and after one term in government they lost badly in the next election. However, many of the Green Parties introduced schemes had proved successful and many were kept on whilst still maintaining the quality of other important services. Some of their schemes were adopted across the world.
Global warming was a thing of the past in 2036 when a useful invention an “artificial plant” was created which could do everything a real plant could do. It could photosynthesise and respire by chemical reactions but at a greater scale. Many of the harmful greenhouse gases were cut down on with this invention especially in 2040 when it was compulsory for every building to have one.
Recreation is now very restricted. Sports are now only accessible through certain training grounds, with hardly any public parks left in the world. Computers are hugely popular, especially the reality interaction simulators which allow you to play a game of football in your living room with friends. The football consists of a infrared light that reacts to being kicked. Virtual reality is also quite popular but considered quite archaic, many old consoles like the Playstation 5 only gather dust in attics. Mostly every home in the world has more than one computer now, them being an essential item for every room (the average home has 2.7). The internet has become hugely popular. Mostly all shopping malls have been closed down, and very little is bought in shops. The paper version of the newspaper is extinct with all news being received over a subscription service online. Every company has a website. Recreationally, online gaming is now extremely popular over the internet with many people joining other people across the world in virtual environments playing shooting, role-playing and sports games. Films are also quite popular, new ones being accessible on large cinematic television screens with the cinema being extinct (the average home has 3 of them). Interactive television is also quite big now with fast Internet connections. Telephones are now all digital and incorporated in the personal computer, television or hi-fi.
Lots of different wars were fought over this period, however nothing too big. The US with aid from allies managed to pretty much wipe out terrorism across the globe; it also removed many of the “different” governments such as Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, and the anarchist Somalian way of life. The biggest and most controversial war was when Israeli forces declared war on the Palestinians and massacred every Palestinian in the country. Despite stopping the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, Israel was promptly attacked by Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia angry at the handling of the matter. The world superpowers Russia and the USA got involved and for the first time since 1945 a nuclear missile was fired. Israel was the culprits and Egypt the target. Many innocent people died, and Israel lost much support it had previously had from the west that condemned the attack. Many Middle Eastern nations cut off trade to Israel, and many people migrated from the nation as a testament to their governments handling of the situation. It however did have much effect on the Arab Israeli conflict, with suicide bombings dropping radically.
Sadly, whilst the standard of living in some aspects has got much better, much of the population in Africa has suffered quite badly, as the West and East sit back and ignore as they are threatened by drought after drought. Many people have died despite help from many charities. There are currently talks about a major world leader taking control of some countries in the region to move it’s much population to live alongside the Africans in return giving billions of their currency. They are not concerned about food with plans to build cloning plants and plans for a huge exportation scheme to this newly formed country….
One of the major issues of the future is not global warming as many may have thought but overpopulation. As birth rates increased at a rapid rate during this period of time, life expectancy also increased with much better medication, one of the most recent medical breakthroughs being a cure for cancer with a 97% success rate. The world’s human population has grown threateningly large, the world straining under its weight. Animals on the other hand mostly livestock have seen a drop in population as hungry mouths are fed, even the introduction of cloning quite recently to aid food production doesn’t seem to have had much effect. Now at this present day many countries have made giving birth illegal, and in some areas men and women have been compulsorily “nurtured” as a method of putting a halt to this ever large birth rate. Many citizens have naturally reacted angrily to this, but with very strict rules on immigration many citizens find it difficult to enter less strict countries. Many people try to enter other areas illegally but for many this journey results in death if caught, those who do get abroad have trouble getting an income with ID cards being compulsory for granted employment.
The greater population has also caused the construction of taller buildings for offices and flats. Many houses were demolished and replaced with large “house-flats” consisting of several houses on top of each other, entrances accessible by stairs and lifts. Down on the ground, even during daylight sometimes streetlights have to be on to provide light with much of it blackened out by the shadows of these tall buildings side by side. In Japan many people are now living underground. Several other countries are expected to follow suit.
The gigantic population has depleted many of the Earth’s natural resources such as fossil fuels, however in 2035 ago a scientific breakthrough was made in discovering a way of making important reactions such as that between alkenes and oxygen reversible so that from the simple compounds carbon dioxide and water oil can be made quickly and efficiently, rather than it occurring naturally over millions of years. Many reactions have been found reversible and as a result many of our natural resources are recycled artificially. The great population has also filled up most landfill sites across the world. In 2065 NASA built a very large, but relatively cheap automatically piloted spacecraft prototype. The idea was that rubbish could be exported into space and dropped off on to other planets such as the moon. The spacecraft had relatively large speeds, however many were needed to continue the ever-demanding removal of waste. However in 2072, astronauts perfected a much faster spacecraft that could accelerate with gravitational fields unmanned. They could fire rubbish at an even greater speed. From this year many spacecrafts fired waste into the sun to remove it. However the technology was no near perfect, on July 21st 2069 for example a failure in flight, crashed the rocket on a small town in America killing 5 and injuring 29. In August 2071 it also “rained” rubbish after a problem with the waste disposal unit on board the craft. Recycling however plays an important role in conserving natural resources. In the UK, with the “Green Party” at the helm of the government in 2023 after winning a landslide victory against the Conservative government, mainly due to the escalating problem of global warming, much money was pumped into conserving natural resources and the environment. More hydrogen-fuelled cars were put on the road when production was halted on petrol and diesel fuelled cars, however this proved unpopular with most oil stations finding it easier to use fossil fuels. Hydrogen-fuelled cars were also much dearer than the petrol alternative and this scheme saw a slight decrease in car purchases over the time it was introduced. However education, national and public services most notably the health service suffered badly and after one term in government they lost badly in the next election. However, many of the Green Parties introduced schemes had proved successful and many were kept on whilst still maintaining the quality of other important services. Some of their schemes were adopted across the world.
Global warming was a thing of the past in 2036 when a useful invention an “artificial plant” was created which could do everything a real plant could do. It could photosynthesise and respire by chemical reactions but at a greater scale. Many of the harmful greenhouse gases were cut down on with this invention especially in 2040 when it was compulsory for every building to have one.
Recreation is now very restricted. Sports are now only accessible through certain training grounds, with hardly any public parks left in the world. Computers are hugely popular, especially the reality interaction simulators which allow you to play a game of football in your living room with friends. The football consists of a infrared light that reacts to being kicked. Virtual reality is also quite popular but considered quite archaic, many old consoles like the Playstation 5 only gather dust in attics. Mostly every home in the world has more than one computer now, them being an essential item for every room (the average home has 2.7). The internet has become hugely popular. Mostly all shopping malls have been closed down, and very little is bought in shops. The paper version of the newspaper is extinct with all news being received over a subscription service online. Every company has a website. Recreationally, online gaming is now extremely popular over the internet with many people joining other people across the world in virtual environments playing shooting, role-playing and sports games. Films are also quite popular, new ones being accessible on large cinematic television screens with the cinema being extinct (the average home has 3 of them). Interactive television is also quite big now with fast Internet connections. Telephones are now all digital and incorporated in the personal computer, television or hi-fi.
Lots of different wars were fought over this period, however nothing too big. The US with aid from allies managed to pretty much wipe out terrorism across the globe; it also removed many of the “different” governments such as Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, and the anarchist Somalian way of life. The biggest and most controversial war was when Israeli forces declared war on the Palestinians and massacred every Palestinian in the country. Despite stopping the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, Israel was promptly attacked by Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia angry at the handling of the matter. The world superpowers Russia and the USA got involved and for the first time since 1945 a nuclear missile was fired. Israel was the culprits and Egypt the target. Many innocent people died, and Israel lost much support it had previously had from the west that condemned the attack. Many Middle Eastern nations cut off trade to Israel, and many people migrated from the nation as a testament to their governments handling of the situation. It however did have much effect on the Arab Israeli conflict, with suicide bombings dropping radically.
Sadly, whilst the standard of living in some aspects has got much better, much of the population in Africa has suffered quite badly, as the West and East sit back and ignore as they are threatened by drought after drought. Many people have died despite help from many charities. There are currently talks about a major world leader taking control of some countries in the region to move it’s much population to live alongside the Africans in return giving billions of their currency. They are not concerned about food with plans to build cloning plants and plans for a huge exportation scheme to this newly formed country….
What does the future holds for us as a planet? I got thinking about this, and had some of ideas what our world might be like in several years time. George Orwell did the same in his book 1984. I’ve never read his book, but I gather he made some good predictions. This is what I think a possible 2084 could look like….
One of the major issues of the future is not global warming as many may have thought but overpopulation. As birth rates increased at a rapid rate during this period of time, life expectancy also increased with much better medication, one of the most recent medical breakthroughs being a cure for cancer with a 97% success rate. The world’s human population has grown threateningly large, the world straining under its weight. Animals on the other hand mostly livestock have seen a drop in population as hungry mouths are fed, even the introduction of cloning quite recently to aid food production doesn’t seem to have had much effect. Now at this present day many countries have made giving birth illegal, and in some areas men and women have been compulsorily “nurtured” as a method of putting a halt to this ever large birth rate. Many citizens have naturally reacted angrily to this, but with very strict rules on immigration many citizens find it difficult to enter less strict countries. Many people try to enter other areas illegally but for many this journey results in death if caught, those who do get abroad have trouble getting an income with ID cards being compulsory for granted employment.
The greater population has also caused the construction of taller buildings for offices and flats. Many houses were demolished and replaced with large “house-flats” consisting of several houses on top of each other, entrances accessible by stairs and lifts. Down on the ground, even during daylight sometimes streetlights have to be on to provide light with much of it blackened out by the shadows of these tall buildings side by side. In Japan many people are now living underground. Several other countries are expected to follow suit.
The gigantic population has depleted many of the Earth’s natural resources such as fossil fuels, however in 2035 ago a scientific breakthrough was made in discovering a way of making important reactions such as that between alkenes and oxygen reversible so that from the simple compounds carbon dioxide and water oil can be made quickly and efficiently, rather than it occurring naturally over millions of years. Many reactions have been found reversible and as a result many of our natural resources are recycled artificially. The great population has also filled up most landfill sites across the world. In 2065 NASA built a very large, but relatively cheap automatically piloted spacecraft prototype. The idea was that rubbish could be exported into space and dropped off on to other planets such as the moon. The spacecraft had relatively large speeds, however many were needed to continue the ever-demanding removal of waste. However in 2072, astronauts perfected a much faster spacecraft that could accelerate with gravitational fields unmanned. They could fire rubbish at an even greater speed. From this year many spacecrafts fired waste into the sun to remove it. However the technology was no near perfect, on July 21st 2069 for example a failure in flight, crashed the rocket on a small town in America killing 5 and injuring 29. In August 2071 it also “rained” rubbish after a problem with the waste disposal unit on board the craft. Recycling however plays an important role in conserving natural resources. In the UK, with the “Green Party” at the helm of the government in 2023 after winning a landslide victory against the Conservative government, mainly due to the escalating problem of global warming, much money was pumped into conserving natural resources and the environment. More hydrogen-fuelled cars were put on the road when production was halted on petrol and diesel fuelled cars, however this proved unpopular with most oil stations finding it easier to use fossil fuels. Hydrogen-fuelled cars were also much dearer than the petrol alternative and this scheme saw a slight decrease in car purchases over the time it was introduced. However education, national and public services most notably the health service suffered badly and after one term in government they lost badly in the next election. However, many of the Green Parties introduced schemes had proved successful and many were kept on whilst still maintaining the quality of other important services. Some of their schemes were adopted across the world.
Global warming was a thing of the past in 2036 when a useful invention an “artificial plant” was created which could do everything a real plant could do. It could photosynthesise and respire by chemical reactions but at a greater scale. Many of the harmful greenhouse gases were cut down on with this invention especially in 2040 when it was compulsory for every building to have one.
Recreation is now very restricted. Sports are now only accessible through certain training grounds, with hardly any public parks left in the world. Computers are hugely popular, especially the reality interaction simulators which allow you to play a game of football in your living room with friends. The football consists of a infrared light that reacts to being kicked. Virtual reality is also quite popular but considered quite archaic, many old consoles like the Playstation 5 only gather dust in attics. Mostly every home in the world has more than one computer now, them being an essential item for every room (the average home has 2.7). The internet has become hugely popular. Mostly all shopping malls have been closed down, and very little is bought in shops. The paper version of the newspaper is extinct with all news being received over a subscription service online. Every company has a website. Recreationally, online gaming is now extremely popular over the internet with many people joining other people across the world in virtual environments playing shooting, role-playing and sports games. Films are also quite popular, new ones being accessible on large cinematic television screens with the cinema being extinct (the average home has 3 of them). Interactive television is also quite big now with fast Internet connections. Telephones are now all digital and incorporated in the personal computer, television or hi-fi.
Lots of different wars were fought over this period, however nothing too big. The US with aid from allies managed to pretty much wipe out terrorism across the globe; it also removed many of the “different” governments such as Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, and the anarchist Somalian way of life. The biggest and most controversial war was when Israeli forces declared war on the Palestinians and massacred every Palestinian in the country. Despite stopping the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, Israel was promptly attacked by Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia angry at the handling of the matter. The world superpowers Russia and the USA got involved and for the first time since 1945 a nuclear missile was fired. Israel was the culprits and Egypt the target. Many innocent people died, and Israel lost much support it had previously had from the west that condemned the attack. Many Middle Eastern nations cut off trade to Israel, and many people migrated from the nation as a testament to their governments handling of the situation. It however did have much effect on the Arab Israeli conflict, with suicide bombings dropping radically.
Sadly, whilst the standard of living in some aspects has got much better, much of the population in Africa has suffered quite badly, as the West and East sit back and ignore as they are threatened by drought after drought. Many people have died despite help from many charities. There are currently talks about a major world leader taking control of some countries in the region to move it’s much population to live alongside the Africans in return giving billions of their currency. They are not concerned about food with plans to build cloning plants and plans for a huge exportation scheme to this newly formed country….
One of the major issues of the future is not global warming as many may have thought but overpopulation. As birth rates increased at a rapid rate during this period of time, life expectancy also increased with much better medication, one of the most recent medical breakthroughs being a cure for cancer with a 97% success rate. The world’s human population has grown threateningly large, the world straining under its weight. Animals on the other hand mostly livestock have seen a drop in population as hungry mouths are fed, even the introduction of cloning quite recently to aid food production doesn’t seem to have had much effect. Now at this present day many countries have made giving birth illegal, and in some areas men and women have been compulsorily “nurtured” as a method of putting a halt to this ever large birth rate. Many citizens have naturally reacted angrily to this, but with very strict rules on immigration many citizens find it difficult to enter less strict countries. Many people try to enter other areas illegally but for many this journey results in death if caught, those who do get abroad have trouble getting an income with ID cards being compulsory for granted employment.
The greater population has also caused the construction of taller buildings for offices and flats. Many houses were demolished and replaced with large “house-flats” consisting of several houses on top of each other, entrances accessible by stairs and lifts. Down on the ground, even during daylight sometimes streetlights have to be on to provide light with much of it blackened out by the shadows of these tall buildings side by side. In Japan many people are now living underground. Several other countries are expected to follow suit.
The gigantic population has depleted many of the Earth’s natural resources such as fossil fuels, however in 2035 ago a scientific breakthrough was made in discovering a way of making important reactions such as that between alkenes and oxygen reversible so that from the simple compounds carbon dioxide and water oil can be made quickly and efficiently, rather than it occurring naturally over millions of years. Many reactions have been found reversible and as a result many of our natural resources are recycled artificially. The great population has also filled up most landfill sites across the world. In 2065 NASA built a very large, but relatively cheap automatically piloted spacecraft prototype. The idea was that rubbish could be exported into space and dropped off on to other planets such as the moon. The spacecraft had relatively large speeds, however many were needed to continue the ever-demanding removal of waste. However in 2072, astronauts perfected a much faster spacecraft that could accelerate with gravitational fields unmanned. They could fire rubbish at an even greater speed. From this year many spacecrafts fired waste into the sun to remove it. However the technology was no near perfect, on July 21st 2069 for example a failure in flight, crashed the rocket on a small town in America killing 5 and injuring 29. In August 2071 it also “rained” rubbish after a problem with the waste disposal unit on board the craft. Recycling however plays an important role in conserving natural resources. In the UK, with the “Green Party” at the helm of the government in 2023 after winning a landslide victory against the Conservative government, mainly due to the escalating problem of global warming, much money was pumped into conserving natural resources and the environment. More hydrogen-fuelled cars were put on the road when production was halted on petrol and diesel fuelled cars, however this proved unpopular with most oil stations finding it easier to use fossil fuels. Hydrogen-fuelled cars were also much dearer than the petrol alternative and this scheme saw a slight decrease in car purchases over the time it was introduced. However education, national and public services most notably the health service suffered badly and after one term in government they lost badly in the next election. However, many of the Green Parties introduced schemes had proved successful and many were kept on whilst still maintaining the quality of other important services. Some of their schemes were adopted across the world.
Global warming was a thing of the past in 2036 when a useful invention an “artificial plant” was created which could do everything a real plant could do. It could photosynthesise and respire by chemical reactions but at a greater scale. Many of the harmful greenhouse gases were cut down on with this invention especially in 2040 when it was compulsory for every building to have one.
Recreation is now very restricted. Sports are now only accessible through certain training grounds, with hardly any public parks left in the world. Computers are hugely popular, especially the reality interaction simulators which allow you to play a game of football in your living room with friends. The football consists of a infrared light that reacts to being kicked. Virtual reality is also quite popular but considered quite archaic, many old consoles like the Playstation 5 only gather dust in attics. Mostly every home in the world has more than one computer now, them being an essential item for every room (the average home has 2.7). The internet has become hugely popular. Mostly all shopping malls have been closed down, and very little is bought in shops. The paper version of the newspaper is extinct with all news being received over a subscription service online. Every company has a website. Recreationally, online gaming is now extremely popular over the internet with many people joining other people across the world in virtual environments playing shooting, role-playing and sports games. Films are also quite popular, new ones being accessible on large cinematic television screens with the cinema being extinct (the average home has 3 of them). Interactive television is also quite big now with fast Internet connections. Telephones are now all digital and incorporated in the personal computer, television or hi-fi.
Lots of different wars were fought over this period, however nothing too big. The US with aid from allies managed to pretty much wipe out terrorism across the globe; it also removed many of the “different” governments such as Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, and the anarchist Somalian way of life. The biggest and most controversial war was when Israeli forces declared war on the Palestinians and massacred every Palestinian in the country. Despite stopping the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, Israel was promptly attacked by Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia angry at the handling of the matter. The world superpowers Russia and the USA got involved and for the first time since 1945 a nuclear missile was fired. Israel was the culprits and Egypt the target. Many innocent people died, and Israel lost much support it had previously had from the west that condemned the attack. Many Middle Eastern nations cut off trade to Israel, and many people migrated from the nation as a testament to their governments handling of the situation. It however did have much effect on the Arab Israeli conflict, with suicide bombings dropping radically.
Sadly, whilst the standard of living in some aspects has got much better, much of the population in Africa has suffered quite badly, as the West and East sit back and ignore as they are threatened by drought after drought. Many people have died despite help from many charities. There are currently talks about a major world leader taking control of some countries in the region to move it’s much population to live alongside the Africans in return giving billions of their currency. They are not concerned about food with plans to build cloning plants and plans for a huge exportation scheme to this newly formed country….
Maybe we should hunt people instead of foxes. Control the population and all that...
And we still won't have whole meals in pills :-(
And we still won't have whole meals in pills :-(
I've heard that at the moment we've had a decrease in population in the UK by about 2 million people.
Have you thought about space travel? The new international space station would be very old news but it could still be there and updated if need be. What about a new space dock where ships are created away from earths gravity, it would be easier than making them on Earth. Also new artificial gravity devices are created for the uses on space ships and stations, maybe even on Earth to help prepare the new astronauts.
Mabye the Australians perfect their transportation equipment for the use on in-organic materials, and they have also been able to make that new engine where travelling around Earth will be shortened by a massive 2/3.
Other possibilties could be Light speed enigines for use in space. Hover cars on Earth. Cryogenics that can freeze people for a set amount of time before woken up automatically when their time has ended. Virtual reality devices used as traing simulators and games console (Nintendo, hint hint...).
All of which have been shown in numerous Sci-fi programs and possible technologies being created now in our present day.
Have you thought about space travel? The new international space station would be very old news but it could still be there and updated if need be. What about a new space dock where ships are created away from earths gravity, it would be easier than making them on Earth. Also new artificial gravity devices are created for the uses on space ships and stations, maybe even on Earth to help prepare the new astronauts.
Mabye the Australians perfect their transportation equipment for the use on in-organic materials, and they have also been able to make that new engine where travelling around Earth will be shortened by a massive 2/3.
Other possibilties could be Light speed enigines for use in space. Hover cars on Earth. Cryogenics that can freeze people for a set amount of time before woken up automatically when their time has ended. Virtual reality devices used as traing simulators and games console (Nintendo, hint hint...).
All of which have been shown in numerous Sci-fi programs and possible technologies being created now in our present day.
El blokey wrote:
> And we still won't have whole meals in pills :-(
I can't say I'd want whole meals in a pill. It would defeat one of the objects of eating. I usually eat because I enjoy, how one pill can give you the same satisfaction as eating a whole cooked meal I have no idea, however maybe quicker and better ways of cooking food, like microwave speed but oven quality if you know what I mean.
> And we still won't have whole meals in pills :-(
I can't say I'd want whole meals in a pill. It would defeat one of the objects of eating. I usually eat because I enjoy, how one pill can give you the same satisfaction as eating a whole cooked meal I have no idea, however maybe quicker and better ways of cooking food, like microwave speed but oven quality if you know what I mean.
Rakuga wrote:
> El blokey wrote:
> And we still won't have whole meals in pills :-(
>
> I can't say I'd want whole meals in a pill. It would defeat one of the
> objects of eating. I usually eat because I enjoy, how one pill can
> give you the same satisfaction as eating a whole cooked meal I have no
> idea, however maybe quicker and better ways of cooking food, like
> microwave speed but oven quality if you know what I mean.
It's quicker but it also has the same flavour that we've all grown to love or hate , so if old people who can't eat with their teeth, they can just suck on the capsule and enjoy it normally.
> El blokey wrote:
> And we still won't have whole meals in pills :-(
>
> I can't say I'd want whole meals in a pill. It would defeat one of the
> objects of eating. I usually eat because I enjoy, how one pill can
> give you the same satisfaction as eating a whole cooked meal I have no
> idea, however maybe quicker and better ways of cooking food, like
> microwave speed but oven quality if you know what I mean.
It's quicker but it also has the same flavour that we've all grown to love or hate , so if old people who can't eat with their teeth, they can just suck on the capsule and enjoy it normally.
I see overpopulation being a huge problem in maybe 40 or 50 years. It all depends on how certain countries in the world develop technologically and socially. Some european countries are doing well to control their population, while places like China and India have population problems that are spiralling out of control.
But increasing population isn't the only problem. The preservation of the diversity of life on earth is one of the greatest tests mankind will face. Fished to extinction, habitats destroyed to make way for roads, or to supply offices with paper, killed for skin, fur or ivory. Mankind is too many, and too destructive for its own good. There are already so many of us that our needs cannot indefinitely be satisfied by the limited resources the planet has to offer. Something has to give.
It may take 100 years, but one day we will see a world where there are perhaps only 10 species of spider, 1 species of wasp, a few scarce species of fish, and almost no whales to speak of.
Our influence goes beyond even direct action. For example, in Japan, a new threat has emerged to the populace, an arachnid not native to the Japanese islands that can be quite deadly, and very much at home in large cities. The name of this threat? The Great Australian Red-Back Spider. Named so because once it could only be found in Australia. Now it has spread. Carrying itself on planes and boats alike to a new home where it is thriving, not to mention attacking people.
The result of this? Such spiders are territorial, and will flush out any other species of spider in the area, so even without us having tried to do so, more species of creature are threatened. The same can be said of certain types of frog being introduced to new areas of africa, one that is very rapidly destroying the population of the most common snakes in the area - snakes which have not evolved a knowledge of poisonous frogs, poisonous to the extent that if they so much as touch the frog, they are doomed to an agonising death.
Depending on what you believe, all life on earth is actually evolved or designed to exist in the environment in which it can be found. And it can be found there because it exists in harmony with the world around it. Throwing wildcards into the natural mix will lead only to catastrophe. And we do it without even so much as conscious thought.
The problem of preserving any kind of natural balance is at this point almost insurmountable, and the entire planets ecology will pay a huge price for our inventive social, economic and technological capacity.
Personally, I see a future, perhaps a thousand years from now, where there are no humans on earth. I see a future where this planet is abandoned, in a desperate hope that the planets ecology can repair itself in our absence. We still exist of course, but on another world, be it within our solar system or without, or even something or somewhere completely artificial. In time, Earth will become a sacred land, though not in a religious sense. Sacred to us because it symbolises our humble beginnings as a species, and because the earth's struggle to revive it's ecology symbolises everything we have to make sure we never allow ourselves to become in the future. A giant green and blue mecca 24 thousand miles around, a shining beacon to all, a message that greed is a horrific and terrible disease capable of destroying entire worlds.
But who are we to predict the future? As they say, tomorrow we could get hit by a bus. If you can predict the social issues of mankind a hudred or a thousand years from now, surely you can predict your own future more than 10 millionths of a second in advance? The point is you can't predict anything with any degree of accuracy. At the moment, life is too diverse, and there are too many factors to be entered in the equation. At the moment.
Unless we take steps to preserve the earths diversity, perhaps one day, life will be as predictable as we all think it is now. But would you want to live in such a world?
But increasing population isn't the only problem. The preservation of the diversity of life on earth is one of the greatest tests mankind will face. Fished to extinction, habitats destroyed to make way for roads, or to supply offices with paper, killed for skin, fur or ivory. Mankind is too many, and too destructive for its own good. There are already so many of us that our needs cannot indefinitely be satisfied by the limited resources the planet has to offer. Something has to give.
It may take 100 years, but one day we will see a world where there are perhaps only 10 species of spider, 1 species of wasp, a few scarce species of fish, and almost no whales to speak of.
Our influence goes beyond even direct action. For example, in Japan, a new threat has emerged to the populace, an arachnid not native to the Japanese islands that can be quite deadly, and very much at home in large cities. The name of this threat? The Great Australian Red-Back Spider. Named so because once it could only be found in Australia. Now it has spread. Carrying itself on planes and boats alike to a new home where it is thriving, not to mention attacking people.
The result of this? Such spiders are territorial, and will flush out any other species of spider in the area, so even without us having tried to do so, more species of creature are threatened. The same can be said of certain types of frog being introduced to new areas of africa, one that is very rapidly destroying the population of the most common snakes in the area - snakes which have not evolved a knowledge of poisonous frogs, poisonous to the extent that if they so much as touch the frog, they are doomed to an agonising death.
Depending on what you believe, all life on earth is actually evolved or designed to exist in the environment in which it can be found. And it can be found there because it exists in harmony with the world around it. Throwing wildcards into the natural mix will lead only to catastrophe. And we do it without even so much as conscious thought.
The problem of preserving any kind of natural balance is at this point almost insurmountable, and the entire planets ecology will pay a huge price for our inventive social, economic and technological capacity.
Personally, I see a future, perhaps a thousand years from now, where there are no humans on earth. I see a future where this planet is abandoned, in a desperate hope that the planets ecology can repair itself in our absence. We still exist of course, but on another world, be it within our solar system or without, or even something or somewhere completely artificial. In time, Earth will become a sacred land, though not in a religious sense. Sacred to us because it symbolises our humble beginnings as a species, and because the earth's struggle to revive it's ecology symbolises everything we have to make sure we never allow ourselves to become in the future. A giant green and blue mecca 24 thousand miles around, a shining beacon to all, a message that greed is a horrific and terrible disease capable of destroying entire worlds.
But who are we to predict the future? As they say, tomorrow we could get hit by a bus. If you can predict the social issues of mankind a hudred or a thousand years from now, surely you can predict your own future more than 10 millionths of a second in advance? The point is you can't predict anything with any degree of accuracy. At the moment, life is too diverse, and there are too many factors to be entered in the equation. At the moment.
Unless we take steps to preserve the earths diversity, perhaps one day, life will be as predictable as we all think it is now. But would you want to live in such a world?
I agree we as humans destroy everything we touch. Reminds me of something one of the agents in the Matrix said. Something about when it came to classing our species and us being like "viruses". Very true.
I think one of the most pressing things, and thats overlooked, is not polution, oil or even disease, but basic resources.
Places like India, Pakistan, most of Africa and even what we consider devloped nations like China, all have increasing populations that require food and water, and space to live in, yet with the exception of China, all are having increasing difficulty in facing this problem now - the wrong weather can trigger disaster. As the West continues to advance towards gm crops able to ignore disease and drought it'll also be less likely to share that technology with Africa at least. Climate changes over the next 100 year could really worsen the situation. If the gap between rich and poor countries widens further, but this time the gap is about just basic resources, then that's going to cause massive instability across Africa and the other places it happens. If we're not careful it could birth a whole new kind of terrorist groups.
One solution is that the West shares its technology, but most of it is business developed and most businesses know there is no profit in giving technology away that could be this vital.
Another major flashpoint is going to be the Middle East - eventually one side is going to crack and just go all out against the other, unless peace is found that satisfies Israel and the Palestinians.
Lastly, the other major thing will be disease I think - we've spent the last 200 years treating and immunising agaisnt what we can but we're already seeing drug resistant forms re emerging, plus the increased risk of non accidental disease outbreak via terrorism is going to be massive - it will happen eventually, the question is how bad will it be ?
Having spread my cheerful thoughts, I'll end on this. The future will be better , simply because that has always been the case. Bad things will happen, and there will be some dark times, but we get through them, and improve.
~~Belldandy~~
Places like India, Pakistan, most of Africa and even what we consider devloped nations like China, all have increasing populations that require food and water, and space to live in, yet with the exception of China, all are having increasing difficulty in facing this problem now - the wrong weather can trigger disaster. As the West continues to advance towards gm crops able to ignore disease and drought it'll also be less likely to share that technology with Africa at least. Climate changes over the next 100 year could really worsen the situation. If the gap between rich and poor countries widens further, but this time the gap is about just basic resources, then that's going to cause massive instability across Africa and the other places it happens. If we're not careful it could birth a whole new kind of terrorist groups.
One solution is that the West shares its technology, but most of it is business developed and most businesses know there is no profit in giving technology away that could be this vital.
Another major flashpoint is going to be the Middle East - eventually one side is going to crack and just go all out against the other, unless peace is found that satisfies Israel and the Palestinians.
Lastly, the other major thing will be disease I think - we've spent the last 200 years treating and immunising agaisnt what we can but we're already seeing drug resistant forms re emerging, plus the increased risk of non accidental disease outbreak via terrorism is going to be massive - it will happen eventually, the question is how bad will it be ?
Having spread my cheerful thoughts, I'll end on this. The future will be better , simply because that has always been the case. Bad things will happen, and there will be some dark times, but we get through them, and improve.
~~Belldandy~~
Interesting. Veeeery interesting...
What do you think of the famous stuctures and buildings around the world will be like? Such as the eiffel tower, Big Ben and Sydney Harbour bridge? (Which I am looking at right now.)
Either way what is going to happpen is going to happen and what not...
exactly.
What do you think of the famous stuctures and buildings around the world will be like? Such as the eiffel tower, Big Ben and Sydney Harbour bridge? (Which I am looking at right now.)
Either way what is going to happpen is going to happen and what not...
exactly.