same as it ever was? There are, clearly, many smart cats that post in this forum. I mean, I hate to be a complete pessimist when there are many examples of the goodness humans have done and are capable of continuing to do.. but at the same time.. isnt the general state of man the same as it has always been?(at War, estranged from one another, etc.)

what are your goals? You all come here and type eloquently, but what realistically can be achieved? haha

big question..

wow me with some original thought boys n girls

Probably like the future in Back to the Future, only with Obama statues on every corner.

70% status quo but worse
15% totalitaian nightmare
15% AC paradise

*probabilities subject to change

War with robots or aliens of course.

Or the robots with aliens in their mouth so when they bark they shoot aliens at you.

haha yea, thats funny

isnt all our effort futile..

only thing that matters is physical/mental health

what a downer my thread is haha reality check.. all our reading and knowledge and intelligence acquisition doesnt amount to jack squat!

It will be filled with people proclaiming that the end is nigh and boring their kids to death talking about how great it was back in the 10's and 20's.

indeed, as I surmised.... Same as it ever Was

I think there will be a gradual move towards tyrannical globalized governance. But once this occurs anarchy follows.

As government structures break down and collapse, they are folded together to prevent pockets of revolution. And once everything is global, there's no more room in the pipes, and a free society breaks through. I have no opinion on the time horizon though.

Is this a michael bay joint to be released in 2050?

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Did you watch ID4 tonight? Cause it was on TBS

flying cars?

Com'on. We'll be living in AC land WELL before that happens.


Pretty sure Popular Science ran a mag in the 30's that said flying cars are "just around the corner."

Let's face it. We're NEVER EVER getting those mother****ers.

Who would build the roads?

where we're going we don't need roads.

I am gonna require an accurate source re: those statistics

My crystal ball confirms it.

I hope there will still be online poker, but I am doubtful

I saw a book in Border's with a similar title to this OP. The author was some geopolitical mastermind that apparently predicted some recent world events. I only read the back cover, but when it stated that Poland and Turkey would be the new world megapowers with Poland warring against the United States I put it down.

When most people try to answer this question they use their intuition. They assume that change happens at the same rate they have witnessed it happening based on their narrow experiences. History shows that change has happened at an expotential rate. Life formed 2 billion years ago hominids 6 million years. We've been around as a species for 100,000 years, had agriculture for 10,000 years, scientific revolution was 400 years ago, industrial revolution 150. Looking at this sort of trend from a variety of perspectives leads to this conclusion about the nature of change.

What is interesting is that given trends involving moore's law, brain scanning and nanotechnology it seems likely that we will very shortly hit a point where change happens so fast we can't follow it. So I dont neccessarily think that we can conceive what life will be like in 50 years but I highly doubt humans will be the dominant species.

I really cant say enough do this topic justice. There was another thread where the seasteading institute was mentioned. Peter Thiel, the man who funded that institute to the tune of half a million also funds the singularity institute. They are having a conference in NYC this October that I will probably attend. I find the topic very interesting. http://singinst.org/

Robots don't need roads ldo.

Stuff will look pretty much the same depending on where you live, if you live somewhere like India now then 50 years down the line your world will be very different I'm sure.

I think the biggest difference between now and +50yrs will be that it will be a lot hotter.

Chairman Obama dies at age 89 after 41 years of continuous rule. Central Committee of the Politburo announces the 103 year old Hillary Clinton will be the new General Secretary.