Predictions: 100 years from now

[golfgal]

One thing I predict in the technology area is no more electrical wires. I look at all the wire connections I have plugged in and it's a mess. I always say I hope I live long enough in the future when everything will be wireless.

Also gone will be the thick winter coats. They're already working on a material/fabric as thin as wetsuit that will be able to retain the person's own body heat.

I also predict no cash in 100 years. The actual paper money and metal coins will be replaced by debit cards.

These have been "gone" for years. When I was in college I had a neoprene lined wintercoat that was not even a 1/2" thick that was VERY warm. The STYLE today is to have thick, puffy North Face type jackets.

Think of this...
Short term people always overestimate things
Long term people always underestimate things

For example one hundred years ago nobody could have predicted that the internet would be what it is today and that people would be walking around with powerful pocket sized computers(smartphone).

One hundred years from now I can only hope I am still around to see it.

I don't think 30 years ago people would have predicted the popularity of the internet.

I don't see the country moving to a homeschool model at all. I do see more "online" in the classroom offerings happening-especially for specialty classes like foreign languages. Technology will bring a more varied course offering to schools but I do not see schools going by the wayside--especially once all these homeschooled kids are adults.

I think common things like eyesight problems will be eradicated with simple procedures--the advancement of current Lasik surgeries will correct vision problems in all ages, permanently.

I would love to see a wireless society too-as I am looking at all the cords for my computer.

I think we will see people commonly living into the 120's and may even see someone reach 130. Even back in the 70's is was not common to have people live to 100, now it is commonplace.

We already have many, many political parties-only 3 that are commonplace though.

 

[bellebud]

I don't see the country moving to a homeschool model at all.

We already have many, many political parties-only 3 that are commonplace though.

I also don't see the whole country moving to a homeschool model - (I'm the one who posted about homeschooling becoming more popular). Too many parents have to both work, or simply wouldn't want to do it. But for those that can and want to do it, it is already recognized as a very viable and legitimate means for educating our children, even by the big league universities now (many have a specific application for homeschooled students, being they won't have the same transcripts as a traditionally schooled child - and these universities want to consider these students as much as the other students). I think it will become as popular and mainstream as private schools are today (as an alternate to public schools). I think public schools must always remain, but I do hope they become smaller.

Of course we already have many political parties... I should have been more clear - a third party that has the power and numbers that the democrats and republicans do. Both of those parties need some more *serious* competition breathing down their necks.

And I do just hope we're all still here.

 

[Kim&Chris]

Hoping for a cure for cancer. A former school mate of mine (age 48) died this weekend of brain cancer, leaving a very YOUNG family behind.

And I'd love to see America get its manufacturing base back.

 

[ChrisFL]

Not possible for me to predict 100 years in the future...I'll start with 20-30


Flying cars? I don't know if we'll see them, I think it's an un-necessary thing honestly, the problems we have with transportation can be resolved by many other means than flying.

Here is what I see happening...Things are going digital and (Finally) more paperless, we will no longer have bookstores or CD/DVD sales. All movies, video games, songs, books will be downloaded.

I also think we may truly be changing manufacturing to a more local scale with the increased use of stereolithography (aka 3D Printing) which can manufacture lots of things we need without being built in China and shipped over here. I'm hopeful that will mean less need for container ships and trucks and things like that. Yes it is a lofty goal but I've seen the technology and used it...it's coming a long way.

I also am hopeful for more localized farming like is displayed in the LAND pavilion at EPCOT...where the tops of large buildings can be greenhouses and we find new ways of planting crops without chemicals.

 

[dejr_8]

Hoping for a cure for cancer. A former school mate of mine (age 48) died this weekend of brain cancer, leaving a very YOUNG family behind.

And I'd love to see America get its manufacturing base back.

This is a certainty and will probably happen much sooner that 100 years.