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What do you think the world is going towards? Doom? WW3? A meteor? Prosperity? A digital age the way Assimov saw it?
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I think we go to a companies world. Today, Nike budget is around the same than Romania. I think we go to a Cyber Punk futur, as Blade Runner's way of life.
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Population growth can not last indefinitely. There will come a time when a lot of people die. The mass die-off could be cause be nuclear bombs (like in Japan), tribal killing or gang war-fare (like in Africa), biological attacks (like the Indians), or by a meteor or environmental change (like the dinosaurs).
Oh wait. Many people have already experienced an apocalyptic disaster. When an individual dies, it is the end of their world.
Two things are certain: Life is not meant to be survived and we have more people now on the planet then ever before.
We have gotten very good at killing each other, so I am guessing Nuclear War or a Biological plague/attack will be what wipes out a lot of us.
Ultimately I think people will survive in a Mad-Max type world--until they rebuild. I don't think this will happen in my life time. I don't think it will be the end of the world--I just think it will be the end of our way of life.
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In the future, everyone will chew cheddar flavored gum.
In the future, shoe size will be considered less important than it is today.
In the future, people will believe that maple syrup was just a myth.
In the future, red will mean "go", and green will mean "stop". Yellow's meaning will remain unchanged.
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I think the world will continue on as it has. Every generation or so some country will take over france, the USA will go through ups and downs, the UN will keep writing letters. There is sure to be a lot more space travel...perhaps some colonization in the next couple of generations.
other than that...who knows.
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quote: In the future, shoe size will be considered less important than it is today
You are not in wrong : (I speak as Engineer now) World go to a standardisation of production. It's not recent : remember the first industrial black ford car. So it's really possible (and not as far as people think) the futur shoe will autosize to our own feet. Good note !
quote: In the future, people will believe that maple syrup was just a myth
And everybody use Nutella on Bread. Right too !
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I like to think that Latin America will be the next new superpower. They'll get union rights, create an EU-like confederatoin, and the way the population demographics are going in the US, whites will become a whiney backwards little minority in a now thoroughly bilingual nation.
And then China will take over.
I'm not complaining because either way we eat well.
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In the future, the world will be divided between those who eat Nutella, and those who eat vegemite.
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Vegemite is a weird Austrailian substance that's kind fo salty. They make sandwiches out of it.
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Oh my god !!!! I prefer nutella (good German food !) Or Leonidas ? Poulain Chocolate ! lindt !! Maybe maybe... All the chocolate !!! a fontaine of chocolate ! Posts: 1189 | Registered: Dec 2004
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In the future, the Marmites will lay down with the Vegemites, and together they will forge a new homeland on the moon.
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In the future, adults will bemoan the decline of moral standards and the disrespect of children towards their elders.
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In the future, people will be embarassed by the fashions of the early 21st century. A few year later in the future, they will all be wearing them again.
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In the future, people who cannot choose between Marmite and Nutella will be forced into exile in the Oort cloud. There they will loose their taste for food spreads in general.
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In the future, a pill will become available that allows men to become pregnant. However, all will die in childbirth, as men do not have vaginas.
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(And yes, I stole that from Conan)
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... although it seems Teshi will be alone in the Food Wars.
Nevertheless, her efforts will still be heroic!
*brandishes fork and knife and dinner-plate shield emblazoned with the symbol of the resistance: crossed spread knives.
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In the future, all the pigeons will be mysteriously replaced by miniature owls. Like in Futurama.
Also, the Air Force will demand that we build nuclear-powered space battleships to defend Jupiter from the Russian threat... oh wait, it already did in the 50's. Maybe the future is now!
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In the future, everyone will have have seen Ender's Game, which will be hailed as 'The Greatest Film of All Time or We Arrest You if You Disagree'.
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In the future of the future the Knights of the Basket and the Spatula will be spoken of with awe and reverence. Shrines will be built to Teshi. And lots of authors will write zillions of interpretations of her crusade a la King Arthur.
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In the future, a terrorist attack will destroy a secret lab below the submarine ride at West Edmonton Mall, destroying the planet. But then hundreds of years later, aliens will create clones from DNA samples and revive the human race.
Oh, wait. That's not the future. That's my novel. *grrr!* Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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In the future: The USA will finally outsource everything. There will be no jobs to be had, and, after the economy commits suicide, the rest of the world will collapse. The only survivors of this wreckage will be pirates sailing the open seas. They will pillage what they can from what is left of civilization and begin it a new.
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