From blog.bufferapp.com
A week ago the BBC Magazine published an article exploring some predictions made by American civil engineer John Watkins in 1900. Most of Watkins’s predictions were astoundingly accurate (notably digital colour photography, mobile phones, television, and free university education), while a few others were perhaps a little ambitious (phasing out C, X, and Q from the English language, for example. And no more mosquitoes or flies).
Inspired by this, BBC Magazine asked its readers for their predictions of the future, which resulted in a list of 20 that are most likely to happen by 2112. By and large, the predictions centered on the integration of man and machine, significant political advancements, and major changes in the environment. A few of them include: the ability to communicate through thought transmission, Antarctica being “open for business”, a singular world currency, and ‘space elevators’ for space travel.
In the spirit of futurism, we’d like to hear your predictions for mankind over the next 100 years. Will biology and technology really combine? Will the environment be badly affected by climate change? Will nuclear power eventually take off in Malaysia? Tell us what you see in our future.
Personally, I’m hoping for flying cars – KL traffic will then become a pleasantly distant memory.
