Cheap, renewable energy isn’t too far off in the future. Nanotechnology might/will cause a revolution in combatting disease. Quantum-computing will no doubt be a reality in 20 years, and most likely will give rise to the first AI.
The internet and other ways for people to connect and share information with eachother will continue to grow, get faster and while it gets harder for common [read stupid] people to stay anonimous on the web, it will also become harder and harder for corporations and governments to keep secrets hidden from the public [Wikileaks].
This will cause a shift of power from the established elite towards the common man, and surely you’ll understand that this shift will not be an easy one.
Altough our, us in the western world, situation is not as dire as it has been for those in the middle-east, and altough those who do protest are being ridiculed by those who lack understanding of their own predicament [as in, they believe the lie], I won’t be surprised that more countries in the west are going to experience turmoil, like Greece, because we’re tired of being screwed over by business and politics.
While this has nothing to do with the topic of this thread, the way the USA is currently trying to curtail women’s rights on state-level is merely another indication of how the elite is trying to corral the people through legislation.
By targetting women they not only disarm them but also give men the upperhand in controling 50% of the population. And since most men can’t be trusted with a little power it’ll mean progress is set back by decades.
Just look at what’s happening in technology. Look at what’s happening in the world aided by mobile phones and the internet. Look at the shift in politics from liberal to conservative, not just in your country but also in mine. Look at the huge divide between the rich and the dwindling number of middle-class people who are being milked for every penny they got, aided by politics.
Just look at it, and tell me what else I can conclude from all of that.
