In this century
it is plausible to assume that
- The forces of gravity and inertia
will be understood and transcended, opening the way for new forms of transportation
based upon levitation technologies
- Free-Energy (i.e. zero-point
energy) will be ubiquitous
- Fossil Fuel and Nuclear energy
use will be eliminated
- Human population growth will
plateau and remain stable
- Hunger and Starvation will be
eradicated
- Space Travel will be common
and safe
- Physical body regeneration will
lead to longer life spans, possibly immortality
- Machines will exceed processing
capacity of human brain
- Earths climate changes
will make substantial alterations to global living conditions
- War will be accepted as obsolete
and weapons of mass destruction will be eliminated
- A substantial proportion of
Earths biological species will become extinct (unless we begin cloning
species back into being!)
- The children born at the beginning
of this century wil likely be active, healthy, thriving adults (100 yrs+)
at the beginning of the next century
*This list reflects my personal
beliefs of what could plausibly occur in the century ahead, some from qualified
academic or scientific sources, some from my own intuitive sense of what might
come to be.
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Assumptions
& Prognostications*