What Will The Theme Of The 21st Century Be?

[Wisconsin9]

Wisconsin9 you are so positive you should join the population of my nation here and you can feel right at home as we flog you daily for the crime of being human.

Bite me.

[Zeppy]

"aye, we fucked."

[The American Corporatocracy]

Wisconsin9 you are so positive you should join the population of my nation here and you can feel right at home as we flog you daily for the crime of being human.

Bite me.

Pass the salt first.

[Rov]

If we're lucky, we get immortality, space exploration, and computers in our heads.

If we're not, the class gap divides us and turns America and several other nations into shitholes, and atomic weapons are used against civilian populations for the second time in history.

Regardless, the environment collapses.

Actually, none of these are mutually exclusive...

[Raeyh]

If we're lucky, we get immortality, space exploration, and computers in our heads.

If we're not, the class gap divides us and turns America and several other nations into shitholes, and atomic weapons are used against civilian populations for the second time in history.

Regardless, the environment collapses.

Actually, none of these are mutually exclusive...

Yeah, if you are immortal, you no longer need to eat or breathe, so what does it matter what happens to the environment?

[Dusk_Kittens]

"So we are told, this is the Golden Age, and gold is the reason for the wars we wage."
-- U2, "New Year's Day"

The United States will claim the Moon as a colony, having planted the American flag on the satellite. Corporations will promptly be given leave to rape it into the same abysmal state the earth has devolved into.

The next stop is Mars, which will likewise be raped by corporations, after which, civilians will be able to migrate to Mars and eke out a living in an agrarian community.

Russia will lay claim to half of Mars. Various pissing matches will ensue.

Finally, the US President (3rd woman to hold the office) will send troops to take Russia -- and her oil. The resulting conflagration threatens to destroy the world. The leaders of the US and Russia are brought before the World Criminal Court and sentenced to 50 years of hard labor.

Theme? Greed, like every other century.

[Meryuma]

All of us dying horribly thanks to America refusing to take a leadership role against climate change.

>that feel when it's revealed that the US emitted less carbons in 2010 than it did in 1962

>that feel when you're completely wrong on the US failing to lead the charge against climate change

>tfw you don't give a source
>tfw you use that feel in a context where it doesn't really make sense

The Twenty-fourth and one-half century begs to disagree young man. *nod to the nod

(Props if you catch the reference without opening the link. It means you had a righteous childhood)

Duck Dodgers.

I watched it as a kid and remembered the reference as being from some cartoon but I didn't remember which.

Meh: Humanity starts to hit it's peak, and stagnates. Tech still increases, but economies slow down on growth due to declining resource reserves (not just oil here).

It's a bigger deal than that.

If we're lucky, we get immortality, space exploration, and computers in our heads.

If we're not, the class gap divides us and turns America and several other nations into shitholes, and atomic weapons are used against civilian populations for the second time in history.

Regardless, the environment collapses.

Actually, none of these are mutually exclusive...

Yeah, if you are immortal, you no longer need to eat or breathe, so what does it matter what happens to the environment?

You don't want to live forever in a shitty world.

[Trollgaard]

The US reverts to 19th century thinking and engages in a fundamentalist war against Islam. The rest of the world ignores them and goes on to great things scientifically. Basically, the end of the US as a first world country.

Lol, no, we'd be sure to affect everybody.



Anyways, I see i as America's fight for continuing dominance. There will be some big shit going down in the next few decades. Also, hopefully, a realignment of how the world does things, and a more environmentally friendly civilization will emerge. Perhaps one that can reverse some of the damage we've already done.

[Yewhohohopia]

No idea. Computers and space stuff, maybe.

[New Sapienta]

All of us dying horribly thanks to America refusing to take a leadership role against climate change.

Of course it's America's fault.

It always is.

[North California]

Good: A cheap of producing, clean, renewable energy is discovered. Without having to worry about oil supply, we can breathe a little, and the price of many things drops. And libertarians gain more influence in the US. European Union dissolves. The US leaves the United Nations. Space exploration. Mobile devices lead to the death of the desktop computer. Websites such as Hulu and Netflix put an end to television. CD's disappear as music and videos become stored in clouds and internet databases. China's economy collapses.

Bad: Things continue as they are now. Cheap, renewable energy is discovered, but it comes much later. US invades Syria and Iran. Constant war. China gets more power. America becomes a police state. Idiocracy becomes reality. The temperatures rise considerably.

By 2050, most of Western Europe will become Islamic nations (if current immigration and birth rates continue).
By 2050, the American Southwest has an overwhelming Latino majority, and secessionist movements begin, as the Latino nationalists attempt to return the Southwest to Mexico.
By 2050, Southeast and South Asians become the majority of Australia.
BY 2090, English, as a language, is rapidly declining.

[Wisconsin9]

All of us dying horribly thanks to America refusing to take a leadership role against climate change.

Of course it's America's fault.

It always is.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Kyoto_Protocol_participation_map_2010.png

Look at the sea of green. There is one brown country on that map. That country is the United States. Afghanistan has agreed to the Protocol. Iraq has agreed to the Protocol. North Korea has agreed to the protocol, and they are quite probably the most backasswards country in the world.

[New Sapienta]

Of course it's America's fault.

It always is.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Kyoto_Protocol_participation_map_2010.png

Look at the sea of green. There is one brown country on that map. That country is the United States. Afghanistan has agreed to the Protocol. Iraq has agreed to the Protocol. North Korea has agreed to the protocol, and they are quite probably the most backasswards country in the world.

So then it appears that America is not needed as a "leadership role" sinc emost countries have seemed to agree to it.

[Priory Academy USSR]

Of course it's America's fault.

It always is.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Kyoto_Protocol_participation_map_2010.png

Look at the sea of green. There is one brown country on that map. That country is the United States. Afghanistan has agreed to the Protocol. Iraq has agreed to the Protocol. North Korea has agreed to the protocol, and they are quite probably the most backasswards country in the world.

WTF happened to Canada? I thought they were very much pro green (or at least more than the US), but going by the colours it seems as if they are the worst for something.

[Helghan Nationalsocialist Party]

Further space exploration (and possibly migration), considerable advances in science, China's reign as the 1st World Power, possibly either the separation or the federalization of Europe, it depends (I am not 100% sure in either cases). Also possibly a new political idea further than democracy, a new form of energy, the passing of warfare to economics and the gradual absence of religion.
Lastly we will all have cool uniforms.

[Wisconsin9]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Kyoto_Protocol_participation_map_2010.png

Look at the sea of green. There is one brown country on that map. That country is the United States. Afghanistan has agreed to the Protocol. Iraq has agreed to the Protocol. North Korea has agreed to the protocol, and they are quite probably the most backasswards country in the world.

WTF happened to Canada? I thought they were very much pro green (or at least more than the US), but going by the colours it seems as if they are the worst for something.

Actually, green means they've ratified the treaty, brown means there's no intention to ratify, and red means they've withdrawn.

[Continentalia]

By 2050, most of Western Europe will become Islamic nations (if current immigration and birth rates continue).
By 2050, the American Southwest has an overwhelming Latino majority, and secessionist movements begin, as the Latino nationalists attempt to return the Southwest to Mexico.
By 2050, Southeast and South Asians become the majority of Australia.
BY 2090, English, as a language, is rapidly declining.

[Disserbia]

I highly doubt it...at least if humanity wants to survive much longer.

Humanity will be better off with no limits to technology.

That's your opinion, not mine.

[L Ron Cupboard]

Tarts and vicars.

[Saiwania]

Good: Mobile devices lead to the death of the desktop computer.

Like hell it will, a phone or tablet won't do me any good. I want at least a laptop. What about all the businesses that need servers? The appeal with desktops is that they generally come with standard parts and have room to fit more powerful hardware if desired.

[Death Metal]

And libertarians gain more influence in the US.

Well, they'll be an excellent example on how not to ever run a government.


Also, TV and PCs forever! And get your hands off my CDs at least until we know the full effects of electromagnetic pulses on cloud technology.

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

Good: Libertarians gain more influence in the US.

Bad: Idiocracy becomes reality.

The fact that both these statements cropped up amused me greatly.

[Our Most Resplendent Goddess Sen]

The theme of the 21st Century will be the Singularity.

Obviously. What kind of futurists are you people?