Our future is not inevitable. What is possible, what changes and what is unvarying? What do you think?
Yogi Berra (a former baseball player and eminent public intellectual) warned, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Yet trying to anticipate the future is a big part of foreign policymaking: leaders (and pundits) must try to interpret trends and anticipate events, so that they can devise policies that will avert disaster and maybe even make things better.
Recently, Stephen Walt at Harvard University wrote an article entitled: "What Will 2050 Look Like?" The link to his predictions is provided below:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/12/what-will-2050-look-like-china-nato/
Dear Sir,
It is very difficult to predict the nature of the world in 2050. We have seen unbelievable changes in the last couple of decades. Scientific advancements changed ours to a more comfortable lifestyle. Communication, transportation, entertainment, educational technology etc. are some of the areas where revolutionary changes happened. If the advancements goes in this pace, it is quite beyond our imagination power to predict the nature of the world at that time.
Dear @Lewis Kausel;
Thank you for your insightful comments and the interesting links. We’re looking at a brighter future (than in the past). The world has an ability to respond.
Dear @Sudev Naduvath,
Thank you for your comment. I still think there are some areas that are easy to predict, but in other areas where it is impossible. For example, lots of predictions for 2050 that suggest we will live in a very different world by mid-century. Let’s take a look.
1- There Will Be a Lot More of Us (By 2050, the U.N. predicts that number may be closer to 9.6 billion.)
2. A Greater Share of Us Will Be Old (By 2050, one in every six people on earth will be over 65, according to estimates. medicine will also advance by 2050)
3. Computers May be 1,000x Times Better - And Much Cheaper
4. We’ll Need to Get Serious About Recycling for a Resource-Starved Planet
5. Solar Power Might Be the World’s Biggest Energy Source
6. There Might Not Be Enough Food for Everyone, Unless We Play Our Cards Right
Please follow the link for more details on these six issues.
http://citc.ir/?fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=323&newsview=530
Dear sirs, I hope not to get to 2050, because I would be 90 years old, and look very much like my father, who is now 86 years old, has lost many of his skills, and all of his good friends and colleagues. He complains of constant muscular pains, is constantly tired, after his triple bypass heart operation, his bladder cancer treatment, and his constant worries for the family well-being... (I have not seen him happy, for the last 10 years !)
Dear all. Time and space are endless. We can dream of the most incredible things in 2050. It does not change the time and space. Our assumptions to some extent coincide with reality, or do not match. For 2050 it is one and the same result.
Dear @Vladimir,
Thank you for participation in this discussion. Actually, based on the document's link I provided before, year 2050 is a special one! It says " Government groups and research agencies have chosen 2050 as the year to look towards. “It’s a nice round number,” as Kostas Stamoulis, the director of the Agricultural Development Economics Division of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization put it. Countless official predictions are pegged to that year, which has a cascading effect:"
Accordingly, once a major organization sets their research parameters to that year, it makes good organizational sense for other organizations to use the basis of that research to do the same for their respective topic.
Yes, Mahmoud, we should do a lot. We have to do and dream that it should transform the world. But it does not transform time and space. Here we are powerless.
Dear All,
I can only draft my hopes: The world will be better and fairer.
Dear All,
I dream that real democracy will be increased. Our discussions here do strengthen the mutual understanding and trust in each other. Although, this is a slow process, this is the basis of my hopes.
Dear All,
This is the immutable law of nature:
Trees can not grow infinitely high in the sky, the fossil recources are limited!
That is what we need to understand in order to survive!
For each of us, this means:
Fight against terrorism, war and intolerance.
Love thy neighbor as thyself.
Live modestly and take care of your neighbors and your fellow-creatures, and use the water supplies and treasures of the earth carefully.
We can look the future "2050" in terms of issues that affect the global society:
Population and costs of living - there will be more people than today specially in the Asian continent and more resources are needed. Materials will be more costlier and less available to every person and therefore living will be a challenge for most people.
Peace and political stability - there will still be conflicts within societies and without and public suffering in such places particularly the middle east where these problems are prevalent will continue costing livelihood of families and children as people of power get numbed and insensitive to pains and sufferings of others who are powerless. The infighting groups in such places are increasingly becoming erratic, irrational and devoid of virtues, unable to see the suffering of the very people they want to lead.
Refugees - Abusive political leaders are becoming normal in world stage and their actions are indirectly accepted by world powers and world financial institutions. Their actions will continue to push out their societies from their countries and more people will join the existing several millions of refugees across the globe who live in plastic tents and in streets of developed countries. Conflicts will also be main sources of refugees as we see it in the middle east as we speak.
Economy - The world economy is still in a sky ride of turbulence and uncertainty in which deception, greed with lack of a proper direction and social responsibility that is devoid of virtues still dictate the rule of business and economy. Because of these faulty practices, economic collapses visit societies periodically as it should be and there will be changes of epicenters of economic powers to some extent.
Environment - Unless wealthy people that run corporations and governments come to true understanding of the effects of humans' activities on the environment that cause climate changes, they continue abusing nature and the weather will be more erratic, unpredictable and destructive in which humans will face challenges of survival at the end.
Science and technology - Society will still continue to enjoy results of science and inventions of technology and humans may be landing on mars but facing challenges of survival and return. More simplified products of technology with more sophisticated and vital features may be invented so that we humans will be a little bit of lazier than what we are now.
Religion - Humans are increasingly believing in science and reason than in myth and cultural beliefs to validate truth and solve problems.
I thought for a while about what the world will look like in 2050 but I did not reach a conclusion which convinces me. We are talking about nearly 35 years from now & these years are bound to contain many sudden events which will disrupt any "extrapolation" of any graph which I might draw. God only knows what may happen by then so it is better to neither draw a "rosy" picture nor a "gloomy" picture nor one in between.
- Alternative sources of energy,more efficient use of energy, more recycling and more efficient use of resources, more automation, possible decrease or stabilized populations, more leisure and relaxed activities, more human and less conflictive people,more clean and safe environment in 2050.
Very true dear Nizar
The human society is a dynamical structure which is chaotic as any chaotic natural phenomena, a small change in it creates a huge and un imagined consequences. We say what the world will be in 2050 or any time in the future for that matter assuming such a perturbation will not occur or minal and manageable.
World may look like having one face in 2050 without distinction of American, European, Asian, etc., as the result of globalization and migration of people across cultures.
Dear Mahmoud Omid,
Will develop technologies, enterprises will reduce the number of employees, and will be replaced by robots. The world will be very confused.
Regards, Shafagat
I see that in a few decades, the nations that have their rights violated , will take over, it is the balance's displacement law in the Universe. there is an absolute justice, but which manifests as a function of time.
Dear Brenda,
This song should be sent to the leading or all politicians. Unfortunately, most of them would not be able to understand.
Dear Dejenie,
Dear All,
What you have written is as black as an official communiqué of the hell. Unfortunately, your views seem to be realistic. I have two questions: Where can be find the results of efforts and intelligence of thinking people (scientists)? Why do people vote for politicians who voluntarily destroy environment and society?
Dear all
The chasm between rich and poor used to exist, exists and will still exist in that society 30 or40 years later. Following science technology developing the gulf will be deeper and deeper. In some countries, extreme poverty will vanish. But in some countries extreme poverty will be heavier.
Dear András,
Dear All,
Answer to your question: Why do people vote for politicians who voluntarily destroy environment and society?
The majority of people can not look through the very complicated relationships in the world, and certainly can not analyze.
A power-hungry, greedy, ruthless alliance of representatives of media, bankers, business leaders and corrupt politicians, has managed to manipulate the world in a dependence from which we barely escape to.
Here only helps education and collective resistance.
From the 2050! How was the world's richest empires (Roman, Sassanid, Macedonian, the Ottoman, the Huns, the Third Reich)? Where are the Empire now? Dissolve dust centuries. How many rich people who by robbery and iniquity became rich? Thieves will never help poor people. This rich foolish not know compassion. It is true that at least some of these people end up in jail. It is also true that the names of hoarders dissolve in the dust of centuries.
How many rich people who are using their talent have become rich. These people organize shelters for the poor and sick. They have compassion and think about the future. Let more such people among the leaders of the rich countries. But it is unfortunately a dream.
Dear Guenter,
I have never been proud to the average man but this degree of ignorance, irresponsibility and laziness is terrible. But the most crucial trouble is lack of thinking and acting collectively.
Most Americans have a gloomy outlook for life in 2050. Please see the reference below & judge by yourself. Again, I neither support "gloominess" nor "rosiness" in predicting far future. However, when such outlook comes from the people of the strongest country today then what is the position of the peoples of countries categorized as servants or followers of this single superpower?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/most-americans-have-a-gloomy-outlook-for-life-in-2050/
Dear all
Stephen William Hawking said that there are only 200 hundred years left for human beings to live on the earth no long ago In Australia. I do not know why? But in 2050, the weather will become warmer than now. although only a few degrees (Celsius) will increase, but a lot of plants cannot growth in the warm temperature , so a lot of indoor farm will be built,
Dear Chun,
We must learn to carefully and with gentle irony refer to forecasters. Then life will not seem hopeless.
GDP projections to 2050.
GDP projections from consultancy PwC show how the US, UK and the west will fall far behind the new economic powers like China in GDP by 2050. See what the data says.
Get the data
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/07/gdp-projections-china-us-uk-brazil
World Energy to 2050.
The following curves on a single graph, giving us a sense of the relative timing of the various production peaks as well as the rates of increase or decline of the different sources. As you can see, fossil fuels are by far the most important contributors to the world's current energy mix, but oil and natural gas will decline rapidly over the coming decades. By the middle of the century the dominant player is coal, with oil, gas, hydro, nuclear power and renewables making very similar contributions to the world's mid-century energy supply.
http://www.paulchefurka.ca/WEAP2/WEAP2.html
Dear All,
Regarding the cited document of Nizar Matar on an American “popular” forecasting one should fix that this is a media polished and for the average American tailored communication.
In spite of this, it contains some interesting data:
“I worry about the lowering of morals and the corruption and the confusion that’s just raining down on them” said a grandmother.
„Overall, 54 percent of those surveyed expect American life to go downhill, while 23 percent think it will improve, according to a December survey from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Only 21 percent predict life will stay about the same. That minority may be onto something, however.”
„A majority — 54 percent — say life in America is worse today than four decades ago.
Those old enough to remember the early `70s are especially nostalgic, as are tea party supporters and people who live in the countryside. Those who say U.S. life has declined are more apt to name politics, the economy, moral values or changes in families as the biggest difference.”
„Through those decades of moral tumult, the vast majority of Americans held onto belief in God or some higher power. Fewer than 1 in 10 say there’s no God or no way to know.”
„Despite the social turmoil, 98 percent of married people today say their union is happy, including two-thirds who are “very happy.” And marital fidelity remains an ideal endorsed by nearly all Americans.”
In summary:
American people need God. American people believe in marriage and family. They are not satisfied with the present situation and worrying about the future.
What about poor and unlucky people? What chance they and their descendants may have?
Dear All,
Please, have a look at the article Mahmoud cited. It is disenchanting to see that not logical and sober thinking but conservativism, wasting time and greedy ambitions for more profit can be concluded from the figures presenting the answers of political and economic leaders for the energy crisis as to change the structure of energy sources.
Population to 2050.
To understand where the world is headed, we must examine how many human beings are on Earth today—and how many will be in 2050.
But to fully appreciate these trends, some basic history is required. First consider that 210 years ago, in 1800, the world population was under 1 billion people. By 1900, the population had grown to 1.65 billion. Fifty years later, the population was over 2.5 billion.
We are currently growing at a rate of 1 billion people every 12 years! And by 2050, the United Nations estimates that the number of human beings on Earth will be over 9.1 billion. In just 100 years, the number of people will have more than tripled! In other words, for every human being that existed just after the Second World War, there will be three (only 40 years from now!). The following Figure shows World Population Projections to 2050 and 2100:
Sources: United Nations, Long-Range World Population Projections Based on the 1998 Revision (1999); U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, (www.census.gov/ipc/www, accessed July 10, 2001); The World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001 CD-ROM; W. Lutz, W. Sanderson, and S. Scherbov, Nature (Aug. 2, 2001): 543-46; and unpublished data from IIASA.
Where Will We Be in 2050?
Scenario I: A World in Ruins (link 1). Problems of every kind plague society, prompting the question: what is in store for the world in 2050? This series presents a picture of the future in light of today’s trends.
Scenario II: Beauty and Harmony (link 2). Although every kind of evil affects mankind, the hope offered to humanity is stunning beyond belief. This is part two of a series that looks ahead four decades.
Both analysis are given by by KEVIN D. DENEE and can be accessed from the the following links.
http://realtruth.org/articles/100914-004-analysis.html
http://www.realtruth.org/articles/100914-005-analysis.html
Dear Mahmoud,
Dear All,
One can see that the history of humanity has had a very direction change and we are running to a multiple catastrophe or series of crises: energy, demography, human values etc. and the antecedents of these are the lack of faith and ethics.
Dear a Mahmoud,
Without mention a technical data, i hope a world with Peace and maybe, like cartoon "The Jetsons".
Best Regards,
Vanessa
Dear Lewis, that is the tragedy that we humans should be worried about, the lose of such places and the extinction of more species.
Dear Vanessa, that is a good wish and let us hope people also act responsibly so that nature is sustained and life is more happier.
Agriculture to 2050.
According to a report by FAO on average, every individual consumes about 1.4 kg/day. 400 gr are cereal products such as bread. By 2050, the world's population is estimated to reach seven billion and it will need around 9.8 billion kilograms of food every day.
http://www.dw.com/en/who-will-feed-the-world-in-2050/a-16764704
Killer facts about the triumph of hypocrisy in the world. Hypocrisy, which is hidden a beautiful smile and empty speeches.
Dear all,
There is a 'shloka' in Sanskrit:
'Sarve bhavantu sukhinah, Sarve santu niramaya,
Sarve bhadrani pashyantu, Ma kashchid dukha bhag bhavet'
Meaning in English is:
May All become Happy,
May All be Free from Illness.
May All See what is Auspicious,
May no one Suffer.
I want to see 2050 like this.
Best Regards.
What America will look like in 2050, in 4 charts
In 35 years time how America will look!. An interesting report appeared in "The Washington Post" by Philip Bump on April 3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/04/03/what-america-will-look-like-in-2050-less-christian-less-white-more-gray/
2050-2059 timeline contents from FutureTimeline.net
2050 —
Humanity is at a crossroads
Nearly half of the Amazon rainforest has been deforested
Wildfires have tripled in some regions
Traditional wine industries have been severely altered by climate change
Fish body size has declined by nearly a quarter
Hi-tech, intelligent buildings are revolutionising the urban landscape
Smaller, safer, hi-tech automobiles
Major advances in air travel comfort
Continent-wide "supergrids" provide much of the world's energy needs
China completes the largest water diversion project in history
2051 —
An interstellar radio message arrives at Gliese 777
Britain holds its centennial national exhibition
2053 —
Moore's Law reaches stunning new levels
Genetically engineered "designer babies" for the rich
2054 —
Rainfall intensity has increased by 20%
2055 —
Spaceflight has taken a leap forward
The vast majority of countries have achieved democracy
Global population is reaching a plateau
Traditional media have fragmented and diversified
2056 —
Global average temperatures have risen by 3°C
Fully synthetic humans are becoming technically feasible
2057 —
Computers reach another milestone
Handheld MRI scanners
2058 —
The Beatles' music catalogue enters the public domain
A radio telescope is built on the Moon
2059 —
The end of the oil age
Mars has a permanent human presence by now
Source: read the full story atfuturetimeline.net
http://www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/2050-2059.htm#.VZPi_xuqqkp
Let plan and program 2016-2020 first.We don't know how could be next year's behavior so how could be projected the 2050 one. May be we should organize our lives better to let to the next generation the ability to increase its added value. If we are not able to make our daily life better we are not able to let significant heritage to future generations and be able to predict her future conditions. Each generation has her technology, her thinking, her time ...etc We should focus on the content of our history who will be transmitted to others rather than to project ones today's thinking and today's means on future people. In 2050 several of us will be aged or not there, so if we are able to built today smartly, future people will take more care of us and not be angry against us
If dear @ Marković G. Đoko allows me to add to his good contribution. When I was young,I hoped that a machine will make coffee & tea for the people and the dream was realized. Later on,I hoped that the cars become fully automatic and the dream was also realized. Now, I hope that flying saucers, with actual hot meals, are sent from kitchens of say restaurants to houses ordering them by means of a communication line which specifies each house by a certain band number. I think that this idea will become feasible by 2050 & I do not think that there will be traffic jam in the sky !! If a jam develops, then this will mean widespread laziness (in not cooking at home) & some control has to be imposed !
Dear Andras,
The answer to your question is that the voters for such politicians are either lack proper education of science or blinded by greed and profit at the expense of nature and society. "Birds of the same feather flock together " and if a politician of that caliber wins elections to run affairs of society, then it is not difficult to know the education level and desires of these voters. The surprising thing what we are witnessing today is the abandoning of what is called society and common well being and replaced by simply individualism and living for self and self only.
Dear Andras,
To your first question , the works of intelligent scientists are archived and shelved and society is run by such politicians who do not want even to know, consult science and scientists.
Dear All,
CHRISTINA STERBENZ, COREY ADWAR AND ERIN FUCHS described in BusinessInsider "15 Ways The World Will Be Awesome In 2050":
The future scares a lot of people. Climate change, a growing population, and fewer natural resources will certainly pose new challenges for the human race in the next few decades. But when you consider ongoing social and economic progress and all of the coming innovations in science and technology, there's plenty of room for optimism. If only item 4 become true, it is good enough to live in 2050, too.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-in-2050-2014-6?op=1
Dear Mahmoud Omid,
Dear All,
What's unvarying?
5000 years of human history shows the merciless dualism:
5000 years wonderful civilizations coupled with crime, murder, manslaughter and wars.
The cruelest example is the Middle East:
Babylon, Nineveh, Ur, Asur, Mari, Saqqara, Memphis, Thebes, Luxor, Jerusalem and so on. As it stands there today, everyone knows exactly.
What is possible?
Given the current chaos in the minds of mankind, no human being, not a computer is capable of any reliable forecasts.
That's the way it is!
Unfortunately, we live in a time when acquiring new, people reject the past. But this is not typical for mankind. Maybe so do not people?
Three of Jane Goodall's (Author of a book titled "Reason For Hope,") devastating predictions for 2050 are already coming true!
When she was asked by the New York Times recently whether the Earth would be a better or worse place by 2050, chimpanzee expert, and UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall had a surprisingly bleak response:
"I see the world in 50 years, perhaps 100, as a dark place," Goodall said.
Source to read the full interview:
http://www.businessinsider.com/jane-goodall-2050-predictions-are-true-2014-12
I wish that in the next 35 years the benefits of science and technology will flow to villages of developing countries and their standard of living improve.
Dear all
In 2050, population may be up to more than 8 billion. For filling the population stomachs, the agricultural production system has to have changed to agricultural industry. At that time, village may have become small city.
Later 10 or 20 years, I think developing mostly is in agriculture.
Dear @Liu.
You must be right. Agriculture needs more mechanization and more efficient production system as sustainably satisfying this increased demand for crops and livestock will be an enormous challenge.
IFPRI’s latest research on food security and climate change, Food Security, Farming, and Climate Change to 2050: Scenarios, Results, Policy Options discuss this issue.
Specifically, the research monograph considers three combinations of income and population growth: a baseline scenario (with moderate income and population growth), a pessimistic scenario (with low income growth and high population growth), and an optimistic scenario (with high income growth and low population growth). The study combines each of these three income/population scenarios with four plausible climate scenarios that range from slightly to substantially wetter and hotter on average, as well as with an implausible scenario of perfect mitigation (a continuation of today’s climate into the future).
Based on 15 possible scenarios to 2050, the results constitute the most comprehensive analysis to date on the scope of climate change as it relates to food security, including who will be most affected and what policymakers can do to facilitate adaptation.
http://www.ifpri.org/event/food-security-farming-and-climate-change-2050
The following report by FAO is related to current discussion,
Looking Ahead in World Food and Agriculture: Perspectives to 2050. Edited by Piero Conforti
ABSTRACT: Fuelled by the turbulence of world agricultural markets, the debate on relations among agriculture, food security, natural resources, population growth and economic development has been revamped over the last few years. how are growth prospects and the expected evolution of per capita income in the long term going to affect the agricultural and food economy? Are the natural resources available, such as land and water, sufficient to feed a growing population? What role can economic incentives and technical change play in shaping resource use and supply? What are the priority areas where investment and research should be directed? How may the use of agricultural products in biofuel production affect markets? And how can climate change affect production possibilities and markets? Around these questions, in 2009, FAO’s Economic and Social Development Department organized a Forum and a High-Level Expert Meeting on How to Feed The World in 2050. This volume follows up on that initiative, by gathering updated versions of technical materials prepared for the occasion, along with further work. the book seeks to sustain the debate on the future of the global agricultural and food economy. Its contents were designed to interest both a technical audience and a wider range of professionals working around the world in areas related to agriculture, in both public and private institutions
Link to Download Full Report (10Mb)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2280e/i2280e.pdf
http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2280e/i2280e00.htm
Water in 2050
I read the following comments in GrowingBlue website:
To be able to adequately feed and support the world’s growing population, our global economy needs to continue to grow. Water is critical to future growth. But it can also become the major limiting factor to growth. For instance, businesses in water-scarce areas are already at risk, and so investors are increasingly taking water supply into consideration during their decision-making processes.
Continued evolution of technology and infrastructure improvements will enhance water supply capacity for cities and industries while helping deliver clean drinking water and sanitation services to rural populations and the urban poor.
It concludes "Only by changing today’s approach to future water management and water productivity (economic output per drop) can we ensure a prosperous future. This path will help ensure a better world for today’s generation."
http://growingblue.com/water-in-2050/
Dear Vladimir,
Dear All,
S/he who does not know and dialectically appreciate the past cannot understand the present and build the future.
Dear Vladimir,
Dear All,
S/he who does not know and dialectically appreciate the past cannot understand the present and build the future.
Dear Mahmoud,
Water is a limiting factor these days too. Clear and sufficient water is not accessible for over two billions of people. In spite of this fact wasting and pollution of water is a continuous process practically everywhere. Is it a part of our chaotically planned mass suicide?
Jane Goodall has been only partly right: The world has already been a dark place.
Dear all! Yes, indeed, the world often seems unattractive. The reason for such feelings are humans, not nature. Therefore, it is time for people to reflect on the spiritual side of his life (not just physical). By the way, the bodily aspect of life in the developed countries has grown so much that at times the body weight exceeds the norm by half.
Leadership 2050 - What Are You Doing to Prepare?
The following link is created to explore the question of what does leadership look like in 2050.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadership-2050-what-you-doing-prepare-maureen-metcalf-mba
Meditate on the future 2050 we can only based on deep scientific data or assumptions in gentle irony. Both of these subjects are present in the responses. Experience shows that the predictions closer to the truth - the irony.
Global CO2 emissions will steadily increase
In 2010, the world produced around 33 gigatonnes of CO2 - By 2050 its predicted to be 55.87 gigatonnes which could have truly disastrous effects.
Some predictions are downright dire. Environmentalist Bill McKibben says that if we don't make major strides in combating global warming, it's likely we could see out-of-control rises in sea levels, enormous crop shortfalls, and wars over increasingly scarce freshwater resources.
Source:
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/what-the-world-will-be-like-in-2050-in-eight-maps-and-charts--gyvUpK2RJZ
By 2050, India will have overtaken the US as the world's second largest economy.
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/what-the-world-will-be-like-in-2050-in-eight-maps-and-charts--gyvUpK2RJZ
The World in 2050: Pathways towards a sustainable future
A new research project will develop pathways to achieve sustainable development within a safe and just operating space of a stable planet. Basically, the World in 2050 project aims to define sustainable development pathways.
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/150312-World-in-2050.html
Will the phones of 2050 look anything like the ones we use today?
As we gaze into the future using our crystal ball smartphone app, we came up with some predictions about what phones will be like in 2050. But this is just our own idea of what might happen and we want to know what you predict! Share your thoughts with us in our comments section.
Forecasting the technological future is tricky at best. Back in the 1980s, the thought of carrying around a small, portable phone seemed to belong in the realm of science fiction. Then in the 1990s, imagining a phone that would allow you to browse the World Wide Web -- something that didn't even exist until 1990 -- was outlandish. Today, smartphonescan surf the Web, run applications, play games and those with a near field communication (NFC) chip can act as a transaction method for purchases. Oh, and they can still make phone calls too.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/phones-in-2050.htm
We offer a dream for the future of mobile communications. Communication messages should be more timely (ideally to talk about an instantaneous connection with the subscriber). The basis will not dial button information. Sensory information will be registered with the vocal cords, or the potential of the brain, or ... The image will appear in the form of holograms, ie 3D volume.
With regard to advertising - I am opposed to the imposition of opinions. Therefore, it is necessary to provide the ability to use cellular communication without adverts (and who have nothing to do - with the boring advertising).
Please, dear designers, please take into account the opinion of citizens.
Census Update: What the World Will Look like in 2050
India will be the world's most populous nation, followed by China which will be in minor population decline during this time. While the populations of Japan and Russia continue in sharp decline.
While many Industrialized nations will also look differently. The United State's population will be over 400 million by this period, with the possibility of a plurality of it's population being nonwhite since the majority-European descended population of the US is already in decline. Likewise similar trends will could be seen due to immigration in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Many European countries could see a population upswing again due to immigration.
http://www.politicsforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=132544
https://www.eduvee.com/#!/lesson/human-population-growth-8541/show
Lack of fresh water could hit half the world’s population by 2050
Scientists warn that UN is needed to protect life’s most vital ingredient.
Severe water shortages will affect more than half the world’s future population of nine billion people by 2050 if governments fail to collaborate on international efforts to protect and conserve life’s most vital ingredient, experts have warned. One of the first indications of a future water crisis will be mass migrations of people away from areas without water.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lack-of-fresh-water-could-hit-half-the-worlds-population-by-2050-8631613.html
It would be very beautiful if we live up to 2050 to see the world!
Dear all! Answers to questions about the future reflect the opinion of the people about the structure of the modern community of people. This community is selfish. This community is actively and thoughtlessly destroying the ecosphere, overcoming replica conservationists. I hope that this situation will be an incentive for everyone to make concrete steps to preserve the beauty of the future. Do not litter anywhere, not recklessly cut down forests. Do not turn the river in the other direction. Not to kill innocent animals. Stop military conflicts ... If it's not going to happen, it is necessary to look into the pessimistic future.
Dear Vladimir,
Thank you for your concerns about future. I hope your wishes come true.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
--- Winston Churchill
“The more you take responsibility for your past and present, the more you are able to create the future you seek.”
--~ Celestine Chua
“The future is an unknown, but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future we must first look back upon the past. That is where the seeds of the future were planted. I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.” -―Albert Einstein
The world would be more humane, if people will dominate the human signs (thinking, learning, creation), not just the animals signs (to eat, to survive, to give birth).
Digital World in 2050 ...
See link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msJ0ubFlasE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdKq2EU8FlQ
Dear Subhash! Fabulous! Will the people in the flow of information, save your own ego? I suppose that this will be possible only in the monasteries!?
An excerpt from the book "Global Food Futures: Feeding the World in 2050" by Brian Gardner:
"There are two current views of the future world food supply and demand situation—the pessimistic and the optimistic. The pessimistic view that the world's are overstretched and incapable of meeting rising demand for an increasing population is currently فhe accepted opinion, but there is gathering evidence to support a more optimistic conclusion. The optimistic view is that science and improved husbandry can maintain increased output at a level needed to feed a 30 percent increase in global population."
What will the Internet be like in 2050?
In 2050 there will be no such things as phones, tablets, or computers. Instead computing will just be embedded into ourselves, literally & figuratively, and these machines will extend that brains that we have today.
Because "computers" will just be part ourselves there won't be any need for keyboards or screens on these devices anymore.
Inputting information will happen by thinking and displaying information will happen through your eyes.
Want to send a message to your mom? Just think.
Want to meet up with your best friend in Paris during the spring? Just think.
Want to compare the financial results from Google compared to Apple over the past 100 years? Just think. (Given those companies are still around in 2050)
Technology is growing at a much faster rate then our society can keep up with and one of humanities greatest challenges will be deciding on how we deal with this.
As Albert Einstein once said: It Has Become Appallingly Obvious That Our Technology Has Exceeded Our Humanity
Original link:
http://www.quora.com/What-will-the-Internet-be-like-in-2050
Firstly, I wish all the participants of this discussion to survive until 2050. Secondly, I wish all the former participated in summarizing the discussions in 2050.
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