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Conspiracy theories and global disasters predicted by old men hooked on opium aside...

Where do people see themselves, their country, and the world in 46 years time? (2050AD) What will fashion be like, how will the history books record the new millennium and what kind of society will we live in?

Players on NS will overthrow the Mods,

WE WILL BE DEAD!

actually, no, most of the people on NS will still be alive :)

i will be retired, in an old peoples home playing NS with a holographic brain internet connection.

Ill be ruling the Nova British Empire, encompasing the entire known world and several planets in our solar system. You will all bow down to me! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :oops:

Ill be ruling the Nova British Empire, encompasing the entire known world and several planets in our solar system. You will all bow down to me! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :oops:

Why haven't you posted in your Fantasy/Modern Tech RP in ages? Have you quite it?

Ill be ruling the Nova British Empire, encompasing the entire known world and several planets in our solar system. You will all bow down to me! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :oops:

Why haven't you posted in your Fantasy/Modern Tech RP in ages? Have you quite it?

Well Ive asked, what, three times for someone to tell me what happened in my absence. Once I kinda got ignored for the third time, I just sorta went.......mk.

Oh, apologisies for being off topic. MD, TG what has happened and ill try and get back in.

"Xaio's Titans" Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4 manga will be done. "Philosophy of Xaio's Titans" will be done. "Xaio's Titans" anime will be done. "Xaio's Titans" paintball tournament will have started, and I will have gotten my doctorate in computer science, mathematics, philosophy, theology, and politics.
:twisted: And Japan will be mine! :twisted:

We will be either anarchists or transhumans.

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2050....lets hope the US stays stable until then, with cloning and all, i think there will be a major disaster, or war between now and then.
i just hope i am far away from it all.

Hmm...depending on how responsible people are, we will either have disaster or great progress.

Hmm...depending on how responsible people are, we will either have disaster or great progress.

geeeeez, its only a few years, nothing major will change

Hmm...depending on how responsible people are, we will either have disaster or great progress.

geeeeez, its only a few years, nothing major will change

It's 46 years! If nothing major happens it will be a damn slow century compared to the 20th.

the widespread use of genetic correcting longevity treatment wil be wide spread(it IS in the realm of possibility) so the "treatment" will fix the genetic breaks and imperfections allowing poeple to live to somewere in the 250+ year range. and the use of pulsed fusion rockets will have humanity all acros the solar system. Self replicating robots will alow the colinization of the moon. in domestic news vancouver, NY, LA, and hundreds of other costal cities will be flooded and there will be kyak races aroud the skyscrapers.

what do u thik of the future? like it?

BTW all this is really a possibility in 2050 and if not then 2100.

S-P

I really don't think culture will be much different.

I'll be either
A. In Presidential power
B. In some sort of American governmental power
C. An Air Force high-ranking officer (if not General)
D. Retired President, running for Vice-President ( :twisted: )

six feet under

grandparent in a big ol' mansion and 5 grand babies.

By 2050 I'll be the Emperor of Ohio as the United States will have crumbled with numerous states breaking off starting with South Carolina (http://www.christianexodus.org/plan.html).

Andorra will have conquered Europe by this time and the world will be menaced by a group known as the Covert Operational Bureaucratic Revolutionary Army led by an unknown commander.

Also a number of shape changing mechanical men will battle throughout the world.

Well..seeing as how I'm 59 and 46 yrs more would make me 105 I'm either going to be on life support or 6 feet under.

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

Well some people laugh when I say I will be PM of Australia (notes their names in a black book - joke :lol: )

I say good for you. Just what is your platform though?

Me? Maybe frozen, maybe uploaded, maybe ghosting in a cybershell... y'never know.

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

Well some people laugh when I say I will be PM of Australia (notes their names in a black book - joke :lol: )

I say good for you. Just what is your platform though?
Well it doesn't do much good for me having a platform when I'm such a YOUNG age and haven't yet memorized the loopholes of the Constitution. :wink:

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

Well some people laugh when I say I will be PM of Australia (notes their names in a black book - joke :lol: )

I say good for you. Just what is your platform though?
Well it doesn't do much good for me having a platform when I'm such a YOUNG age and haven't yet memorized the loopholes of the Constitution. :wink:

No I mean what do you stand for...how will you make America better?

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

How do you stand on the decriminalization of the chiba?

I'll still be playing NS. :wink:

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

Well some people laugh when I say I will be PM of Australia (notes their names in a black book - joke :lol: )

I say good for you. Just what is your platform though?
Well it doesn't do much good for me having a platform when I'm such a YOUNG age and haven't yet memorized the loopholes of the Constitution. :wink:

No I mean what do you stand for...how will you make America better?

Ahh, well in a nutshell


- I'd work to abolish political parties, as they seperate the nation much too far and can lead to further tensions...even amongst the people.
- Increase education funding, trust me, I know what I say when I say that kids are not getting a real education.
- If the UN is still around, attempt to put less American influence on it. However, funding would remain the same.
- Help out as many impoverished (sp?) nations as possible.
- Encourage territories to become states

In a nutshell....wha'd ya think?

WHERE WILL WE BE IN 2050?

Deeper in shit.

Not together.

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

Well some people laugh when I say I will be PM of Australia (notes their names in a black book - joke :lol: )

I say good for you. Just what is your platform though?
Well it doesn't do much good for me having a platform when I'm such a YOUNG age and haven't yet memorized the loopholes of the Constitution. :wink:

No I mean what do you stand for...how will you make America better?

Ahh, well in a nutshell


- I'd work to abolish political parties, as they seperate the nation much too far and can lead to further tensions...even amongst the people.
- Increase education funding, trust me, I know what I say when I say that kids are not getting a real education.
- If the UN is still around, attempt to put less American influence on it. However, funding would remain the same.
- Help out as many impoverished (sp?) nations as possible.
- Encourage territories to become states

In a nutshell....wha'd ya think?

I think when you get older and work full time and pay taxes that you will have a more realistic understanding of how the world works, of policy and the machinations of domestic and international politics.

Until then...you won't have a hope of being President. Unless you are filthy rich (which you need to be anyway in running for office).

Don't you love it how people say that any boy can grow up to be President of the USA some day. Perhaps this should be changed to:

"Any rich boy with a family fortune in excess of $30 million US can grow up to be President of the USA someday."

I wonder how many people think I'm joking when I say I'm going to become President?

Or maybe they're in denial...

Well some people laugh when I say I will be PM of Australia (notes their names in a black book - joke :lol: )

I say good for you. Just what is your platform though?
Well it doesn't do much good for me having a platform when I'm such a YOUNG age and haven't yet memorized the loopholes of the Constitution. :wink:

No I mean what do you stand for...how will you make America better?

Ahh, well in a nutshell


- I'd work to abolish political parties, as they seperate the nation much too far and can lead to further tensions...even amongst the people.
- Increase education funding, trust me, I know what I say when I say that kids are not getting a real education.
- If the UN is still around, attempt to put less American influence on it. However, funding would remain the same.
- Help out as many impoverished (sp?) nations as possible.
- Encourage territories to become states

In a nutshell....wha'd ya think?

I think when you get older and work full time and pay taxes that you will have a more realistic understanding of how the world works, of policy and the machinations of domestic and international politics.

Until then...you won't have a hope of being President. Unless you are filthy rich (which you need to be anyway in running for office).

Don't you love it how people say that any boy can grow up to be President of the USA some day. Perhaps this should be changed to:

"Any rich boy with a family fortune in excess of $30 million US can grow up to be President of the USA someday."

Hell...I can dream can't I? 8)


And it always makes me smile seeing some kid hear how the adults say that "he can be President one day!"

Yeah...in 40 years I'd like to see that kid commit sex scandels, destroy a nation, bring his own nation to an economic collapse, and break bonds with allies.


Till then, I got more than 30 (?) years before I'm eligable for Presidency.....I think I'll come up with something more realistic till then, no?

I see myself 56 years older.

Ok, that was damn stupid. So?

I’ll be living it up in my new nanotech prefab body in sunny Pacifica (composed of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon) and enjoying my cappuccino patch. Ad Companies will attack us at an unconscious level against all of our senses and target our Hypernet accounts in previously undreamed of ways. Going online to surf the web in the future will be such a wrestling match against ad companies and unscrupulous profiteers, trying to seize your attention and all of your personal information, that only skilled professionals and a few elite amateurs will dare attempt such a thing. Clothes will no longer be off the rack, they will be made of chemical goo and shaped by nanotech bots, by requests made in computers by shoppers at Malls.

I’ll wear sensory overlay glasses, allowing me to view the World, as people would like me to see it. I look at a restaurant and I see the hours open, the menu, and the specials. I look at rapid transit stations and see schedules superimposed in my view. People who used to pay doctors for unnecessary plastic surgery will now pay computer experts for a digital makeover. Politicians will pay webmasters to enhance the beauty of their cities, with a coded whitewash, instead of actually doing something tangent to clean up the Ghettos. Officials will rage against hackers who release viruses into these systems resulting in a world of spam or marred advertisements. Most people will prefer to never take their glasses off, preferring the nicer, gentler world provided for them. Garbage dumps will be mined for resources and pets will eventually be banned in all Cities of the World.

The Bruce

I’ll be living it up in my new nanotech prefab body in sunny Pacifica (composed of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon) and enjoying my cappuccino patch. Ad Companies will attack us at an unconscious level against all of our senses and target our Hypernet accounts in previously undreamed of ways. Going online to surf the web in the future will be such a wrestling match against ad companies and unscrupulous profiteers, trying to seize your attention and all of your personal information, that only skilled professionals and a few elite amateurs will dare attempt such a thing. Clothes will no longer be off the rack, they will be made of chemical goo and shaped by nanotech bots, by requests made in computers by shoppers at Malls.

I’ll wear sensory overlay glasses, allowing me to view the World, as people would like me to see it. I look at a restaurant and I see the hours open, the menu, and the specials. I look at rapid transit stations and see schedules superimposed in my view. People who used to pay doctors for unnecessary plastic surgery will now pay computer experts for a digital makeover. Politicians will pay webmasters to enhance the beauty of their cities, with a coded whitewash, instead of actually doing something tangent to clean up the Ghettos. Officials will rage against hackers who release viruses into these systems resulting in a world of spam or marred advertisements. Most people will prefer to never take their glasses off, preferring the nicer, gentler world provided for them. Garbage dumps will be mined for resources and pets will eventually be banned in all Cities of the World.

The Bruce
incorrect. ITS ONLY 46 YEARS FOR CHRIST SAKE!

I will be owner of the largest corporation on this planet.

considering as how i was born in 1948, my freezer isn't that big and i don't have a fortune in hard currency or for that matter any natural hiers, the odds of my being other then one with the tao, or however you want to say it, whatever happens or doesn't happen to the rest of this planet, are just a wee bit long.

there is no lack of historical precident for the highest, most complex and tecnologicly advanced civilizations of their era being completely abondoned in less then a single century.

much depends on whether the oil runs out soon enough to save us from ourselves. and similar quandries. i can't say for sure in fifty years or thirty, but in three hundred, capitolizm and marxism both will be forgotten curiosities of interest only to really esoteric history geeks.

=^^=
../\...

considering as how i was born in 1948, my freezer isn't that big and i don't have a fortune in hard currency or for that matter any natural hiers, the odds of my being other then one with the tao, or however you want to say it, whatever happens or doesn't happen to the rest of this planet, are just a wee bit long.

there is no lack of historical precident for the highest, most complex and tecnologicly advanced civilizations of their era being completely abondoned in less then a single century.

much depends on whether the oil runs out soon enough to save us from ourselves. and similar quandries. i can't say for sure in fifty years or thirty, but in three hundred, capitolizm and marxism both will be forgotten curiosities of interest only to really esoteric history geeks.

=^^=
../\...

If you really want to get cryonically frozen, get a life insurance policy and have the money given to your chosen cryonics centre on your death.

Lets see;

Hydrogen Cars
Space Colonys
Neutron Bombs
Alien Invaders
Japenese Carriers
MY PRIVATE ROCKET HORSE!

LETS HAVE THAT AGAin, every one!

Hydrogen Cars
Space Colonys
Neutron Bombs
Alien Invaders
Japenese Carriers

MY PRIVATE ROCKET HORSE!

*drum roll*

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:shock:

I'll be Supreme Chancellor of the Glorious Greater Federation of the Americas for Global Harmony and Prosperity. You shall all participate under my wise guidance in helping to bring about humanity's glorious destiny of owning the very stars.

i predict a world with a fractured USA, ruled by road gangs riding in stolen tanks.
a holy islamic empire stretching from pakistan to morroco and briefly occupying new york for about 5 years untill, after a revolution, the arabic peoples realise what a stupid idea that was in the first place.
a europe split up by unionist and nationalist politics, maybe a fourth reich poking its head out of deutschelund.
africa finally begins to emerge from its poverty as its debters eventually lose their power over the continent, and large alliance's begin to form.
a south east asian alliance between india and china presents itself as the most powerful force on the planet by far, with terretories spreading up into eastern russia.
japan, on the forefront of robotic technology survives as the principle capitalist power, having annexed most of polynesia.
tigrinauts are sporadically sent to colonise mars and the moon

DP

i predict a world with a fractured USA, ruled by road gangs riding in stolen tanks.
a holy islamic empire stretching from pakistan to morroco and briefly occupying new york for about 5 years untill, after a revolution, the arabic peoples realise what a stupid idea that was in the first place.
a europe split up by unionist and nationalist politics, maybe a fourth reich poking its head out of deutschelund.
africa finally begins to emerge from its poverty as its debters eventually lose their power over the continent, and large alliance's begin to form.
a south east asian alliance between india and china presents itself as the most powerful force on the planet by far, with terretories spreading up into eastern russia.
japan, on the forefront of robotic technology survives as the principle capitalist power, having annexed most of polynesia.
tigrinauts are sporadically sent to colonise mars and the moon

what drug are you on? :?

Considering the excitingness of my life and the probably success therein, probably the kitchen, crying quietly to myself.

Conspiracy theories and global disasters predicted by old men hooked on opium aside...

Where do people see themselves, their country, and the world in 46 years time? (2050AD) What will fashion be like, how will the history books record the new millennium and what kind of society will we live in?Providing civilization as we know it hasn't imploded, there will be no oil left to fight over. (Demand for oil is expected to be greater than supply by 2009).

i predict a world with a fractured USA, ruled by road gangs riding in stolen tanks.
a holy islamic empire stretching from pakistan to morroco and briefly occupying new york for about 5 years untill, after a revolution, the arabic peoples realise what a stupid idea that was in the first place.
a europe split up by unionist and nationalist politics, maybe a fourth reich poking its head out of deutschelund.
africa finally begins to emerge from its poverty as its debters eventually lose their power over the continent, and large alliance's begin to form.
a south east asian alliance between india and china presents itself as the most powerful force on the planet by far, with terretories spreading up into eastern russia.
japan, on the forefront of robotic technology survives as the principle capitalist power, having annexed most of polynesia.
tigrinauts are sporadically sent to colonise mars and the moon

what drug are you on? :?Yeah, and where can I get some of it? :D

So let's look at where we were in 1950, to give an idea of the sort of scale of change to be expected in the next 50 odd years.

Cars very rare, so are TVs. No computers in private homes, games are played on boards with dice. Foreign holidays are for the rich. No test tube babies. Food is weighed out instead of being pre-packaged.
Divorce is rare.

No microwave cookers. No automatic washing machines in the home. Most people cannot afford a Fridge. Clothes are made of natural materials, bleed dye everywhere and need to be ironed carefully. In Britain most heating is by coal fire, and air conditioning is unheard of.

Other than that, very little has changed that affects day-to-day life. The space programme? Its major effect on my life has been to introduce non-stick pans.

So most changes are relatively minor.

So let's look at where we were in 1950, to give an idea of the sort of scale of change to be expected in the next 50 odd years.

Cars very rare, so are TVs. No computers in private homes, games are played on boards with dice. Foreign holidays are for the rich. No test tube babies. Food is weighed out instead of being pre-packaged.
Divorce is rare.

No microwave cookers. No automatic washing machines in the home. Most people cannot afford a Fridge. Clothes are made of natural materials, bleed dye everywhere and need to be ironed carefully. In Britain most heating is by coal fire, and air conditioning is unheard of.

Other than that, very little has changed that affects day-to-day life. The space programme? Its major effect on my life has been to introduce non-stick pans.

So most changes are relatively minor.

I don't think that overall, culture won't be different.
Technology will be, of course, far different. By that time, all new cars will be electric or hydrogen fuel cells, nanocomputers will be in every TV (flatscreen, of course), and the refridgerator, oven, diswasher, and microwave will be in one appliance. And as I'm stuck on the theme of energy, a new, better alternative to fossil fuels will be found.
Politically, the world will change. Among the changes:
-Europe will be filled with elderly people, and their overly socialists economies will consist mostly of a healthcare sector
-The Middle East will decline, and create far more terrorism, and more confrontations with the West
-China will rival the US in power, and the two will be locked in a friendly version of the Cold War
-The US will become a bilingual society, and it'll grow to include Mexico, Central America, parts of the Carribean, and possibly some provinces in Canada
As for me, I'll be a senator in Congress, steering the greatest civilization on the planet to its destiny.

I fink I'll be alive in 46 years..... or i hope i am. If we haven't blown ourselves up we should be fine...


Come to kentland

i predict a world with a fractured USA, ruled by road gangs riding in stolen tanks.
a holy islamic empire stretching from pakistan to morroco and briefly occupying new york for about 5 years untill, after a revolution, the arabic peoples realise what a stupid idea that was in the first place.
a europe split up by unionist and nationalist politics, maybe a fourth reich poking its head out of deutschelund.
africa finally begins to emerge from its poverty as its debters eventually lose their power over the continent, and large alliance's begin to form.
a south east asian alliance between india and china presents itself as the most powerful force on the planet by far, with terretories spreading up into eastern russia.
japan, on the forefront of robotic technology survives as the principle capitalist power, having annexed most of polynesia.
tigrinauts are sporadically sent to colonise mars and the moon

what drug are you on? :?Yeah, and where can I get some of it? :D

i'm high on optimism friend :lol:
as for atheist reality, why do you seem to have this idea that change doesn't exist, cos it does..
besides, i don't think i'm being too far-fetched, the fractured USA is the most improbable ( wish thinking :P ) but i'm lookin forward to the future, onward to teh last continant.

i predict a world with a fractured USA, ruled by road gangs riding in stolen tanks.
a holy islamic empire stretching from pakistan to morroco and briefly occupying new york for about 5 years untill, after a revolution, the arabic peoples realise what a stupid idea that was in the first place.
a europe split up by unionist and nationalist politics, maybe a fourth reich poking its head out of deutschelund.
africa finally begins to emerge from its poverty as its debters eventually lose their power over the continent, and large alliance's begin to form.
a south east asian alliance between india and china presents itself as the most powerful force on the planet by far, with terretories spreading up into eastern russia.
japan, on the forefront of robotic technology survives as the principle capitalist power, having annexed most of polynesia.
tigrinauts are sporadically sent to colonise mars and the moon

what drug are you on? :?Yeah, and where can I get some of it? :D

i'm high on optimism friend :lol:
as for atheist reality, why do you seem to have this idea that change doesn't exist, cos it does..
besides, i don't think i'm being too far-fetched, the fractured USA is the most improbable ( wish thinking :P ) but i'm lookin forward to the future, onward to teh last continant.
Actually, I thought the most improbable was the SE Asia alliance with territory in Russia.

Being forced to marry homosexuals. :shock:

:lol: Nah, only kidding, probably living off the detritus of industrial civilisation.

i predict a world with a fractured USA, ruled by road gangs riding in stolen tanks.
a holy islamic empire stretching from pakistan to morroco and briefly occupying new york for about 5 years untill, after a revolution, the arabic peoples realise what a stupid idea that was in the first place.
a europe split up by unionist and nationalist politics, maybe a fourth reich poking its head out of deutschelund.
africa finally begins to emerge from its poverty as its debters eventually lose their power over the continent, and large alliance's begin to form.
a south east asian alliance between india and china presents itself as the most powerful force on the planet by far, with terretories spreading up into eastern russia.
japan, on the forefront of robotic technology survives as the principle capitalist power, having annexed most of polynesia.
tigrinauts are sporadically sent to colonise mars and the moon

what drug are you on? :?Yeah, and where can I get some of it? :D

i'm high on optimism friend :lol:
as for atheist reality, why do you seem to have this idea that change doesn't exist, cos it does..
besides, i don't think i'm being too far-fetched, the fractured USA is the most improbable ( wishful thinking :P ) but i'm lookin forward to the future, onward to teh last continant.
Actually, I thought the most improbable was the SE Asia alliance with territory in Russia.

really? with the way china is growing and the way india is starting to tilt more and more left-wing...

They are? The supposed left-wing party in India is putting a known capitalist reformer at the head of India's government. A far cry from India's days as the Soviets' buddies.

i predict a world with a fractured USA, ruled by road gangs riding in stolen tanks.
a holy islamic empire stretching from pakistan to morroco and briefly occupying new york for about 5 years untill, after a revolution, the arabic peoples realise what a stupid idea that was in the first place.
a europe split up by unionist and nationalist politics, maybe a fourth reich poking its head out of deutschelund.
africa finally begins to emerge from its poverty as its debters eventually lose their power over the continent, and large alliance's begin to form.
a south east asian alliance between india and china presents itself as the most powerful force on the planet by far, with terretories spreading up into eastern russia.
japan, on the forefront of robotic technology survives as the principle capitalist power, having annexed most of polynesia.
tigrinauts are sporadically sent to colonise mars and the moon

what drug are you on? :?Yeah, and where can I get some of it? :D

i'm high on optimism friend :lol:
as for atheist reality, why do you seem to have this idea that change doesn't exist, cos it does..
besides, i don't think i'm being too far-fetched, the fractured USA is the most improbable ( wishful thinking :P ) but i'm lookin forward to the future, onward to teh last continant.
Actually, I thought the most improbable was the SE Asia alliance with territory in Russia.

really? with the way china is growing and the way india is starting to tilt more and more left-wing....
Well, if India gets more left wing, it'll always play second-fiddle to China. But China's growth, for the long run, isn't a bad thing. The raw materials they buy now, such as aluminum, steel and cement, can be used later to refit for other sectors of the economy. China is in desparate need of a new banking system, for example, but their are plenty of buildings to house any new banks. The copper they import can be eventually used to improve their electrical grid. And there are more than enough material resources to support a republic, once China gets one. The rapid growth is only bad for the next decade or so. After that, the infrastructure and banks will be much better suited for a rapidly growing economy.