What will the world look like, sound like, in 2015? (2010, crime)

[TimoMc]

The rich dominant over the poor. By the poor being slaves. One world Gov will down sized the population for more easier control. No elections, the rich in power elect who they want. No way for poor to defend them selfs since their will be no gun or weapons as such. Only the Imperialist will have them.

I hope this will never happen. But their is someone in Office and that is their goal Of an NWO Society. Not saying names . But far and brod we should all know who.

[dubuqueaskme]

And just who is that?

I agree that America is going downhill, but it isn't the end of our country, it is just a MAJOR bump in the road.

I will compare it to a person, they prosper and get promoted after they get a job, out of college, they keep on climbing their career ladder, until they have a mid-life crisis. I think that what we are going through now is something of a mid-life crisis. We have been prospering for perhaps too long, and it was beginning to become too good to be true...

America will live on--I am still pondering a move to Canada, though!

[Mississippienne]

Iran will go down in a civil war within 15 years.

Africa will start looking up a bit, hopefully after some vaccine or even a cure for AIDS is discovered.

[K-Luv]

Originally Posted by hello-world

Your forecast is welcome. Your local politics, environment, economy, culture, religion, entertainment... Your world's politics, environment, economy, culture, entertainment... Your universes'...

Let's hear it.

You know what dude, it is 2008 and I still do not have a hover board or a flying car or a meal in a pill (well, maybe the last one...). Where's all of that Jetson sh*t that was promised fifty years ago? Hmmm...

My guess is that America will become even more obsessed with celebrities, making Britney Spears America's sweet heart. People will forget how to read, Step it Up 8 will be the box office hit, Haliburton will own the world and we will be one step closer to Idiocracy.

[tamzdance]

• Forecast #1: The world will have a billion millionaires by 2025. Globalization and technological innovation are driving this increased prosperity. But challenges to prosperity will also become more acute, such as water shortages that will affect two-thirds of world population by 2025.
• Forecast #2: Fashion will go wired as technologies and tastes converge to revolutionize the textile industry. Researchers in smart fabrics and intelligent textiles (SFIT) are working with the fashion industry to bring us color-changing or perfume-emitting jeans, wristwatches that work as digital wallets, and running shoes like the Nike +iPod that watch where you're going (possibly allowing others to do the same). Powering these gizmos remains a key obstacle. But industry watchers estimate that a $400 million market for SFIT is already in place and predict that smart fabrics could revitalize the U.S. and European textile industry.
• Forecast #3: The threat of another cold war with China, Russia, or both could replace terrorism as the chief foreign-policy concern of the United States. Scenarios for what a war with China or Russia would look like make the clashes and wars in which the United States is now involved seem insignificant. The power of radical jihadists is trivial compared with Soviet missile capabilities, for instance. The focus of U.S. foreign policy should thus be on preventing an engagement among Great Powers.
• Forecast #4: Counterfeiting of currency will proliferate, driving the move toward a cashless society. Sophisticated new optical scanning technologies could, in the next five years, be a boon for currency counterfeiters, so societies are increasingly putting aside their privacy fears about going cashless. Meanwhile, cashless technologies are improving, making them far easier and safer to use.
• Forecast #5: The earth is on the verge of a significant extinction event. The twenty-first century could witness a biodiversity collapse 100 to 1,000 times greater than any previous extinction since the dawn of humanity, according to the World Resources Institute. Protecting biodiversity in a time of increased resource consumption, overpopulation, and environmental degradation will require continued sacrifice on the part of local, often impoverished communities. Experts contend that incorporating local communities' economic interests into conservation plans will be essential to species protection in the next century.

[texdav]

THen they had better start building a fence because those that move will not be any more liked than the iillegal mexicans.First thing out of their mouth will be ;"where are my free hand-out".

[DannyBanany]

I have faith in my generation and my kids' generation. I think America will be much the same except there will be more tolerance for a taboo society and we won't have lyrics in songs anymore!

I'm guessing we will see gay-based TV ads. Less clothing than there is now. A lowered drinking age. More technological entertainment. More hedonism and stores. Cars that have great emissions. Maybe a better food preparation system that excludes preservatives and allows a healthier lifestyle...

Every generation has said, "Our kids are taking us to hell." Yet look around. We're all still here and some of us are even happy!

The Times They Are A-Changin' -Bob Dylan

[FilthySailor]

I'm still waiting for the world to look like the "Jetsons"...*Still waits*

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by FilthySailor

I'm still waiting for the world to look like the "Jetsons"...*Still waits*

yes! where the hell is that robot that does all the household chores, while dispensing witty repartee?

[K-Luv]

Originally Posted by tamzdance

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[*]Forecast #3: The threat of another cold war with China, Russia, or both could replace terrorism as the chief foreign-policy concern of the United States. Scenarios for what a war with China or Russia would look like make the clashes and wars in which the United States is now involved seem insignificant. The power of radical jihadists is trivial compared with Soviet missile capabilities, for instance. The focus of U.S. foreign policy should thus be on preventing an engagement among Great Powers.

Been hearing about the looming cold war with China for about fifteen years now. Either the policy makers are slow in getting it off the ground, or it isn't going to happen.