The Year 3000 A.D
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[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;22247556]Yet another one of your "throw something up, quote it, and want people to discuss" thread, eh?[/QUOTE]
Well yes.
[QUOTE]2074 - The Green Wall of China is completed
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The what?
[QUOTE]2750 AD- Venus has been teraformed[/QUOTE]
NO, waste of resources, will never happen, too hot, horrible atmosphere.
I hope the creator of this site isn't being optimistic, because the future looks really bright in this timeline. Kind of cannot wait. Thank you for this site, OP.
AUTO-MERGE, WHERE ARE THOU?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22247681]The what?[/QUOTE]
Growing trees along the edges of the Gobi desert to hold the desert back and stunt it's growth. Basically, stopping the desert to save farmland.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22247681]The what?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]will be a series of human-planted forest strips in the People's Republic of China, designed to hold back the Gobi Desert.[1] It is planned to be completed around 2074,[1] at which point it is planned to be 2,800 miles (4,500 km) long[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Wall_of_China[/url]
[url]http://www.paleofuture.com/[/url]
What people always got wrong about the future in the past. VERY cool blog.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;22247556]Yet another one of your "throw something up, quote it, and want people to discuss" thread, eh?[/QUOTE]
All the (un)cool kids are doing it
I disagree with this timeline.
They're leaving out the part with the oil wars, Chinese/Russian invasion of the West, or Western invasion of Russia, the nuclear terrorist attack on (Pick one: Tel Aviv, DC, New York, Moscow, London), the nuclear skirmish between Pakistan and India and the resulting famines in China and Russia, the second Korean War, the great plague, the drying of the oil wells, the massive foot-based ground wars, the dissolution of governments, and the end of society.
None of the things in that timeline will happen, well, maybe some, but they won't last long, because it's all dependent on very limited resources and would cause only more destabilization of the world politically and economically and push us further apart.
By the end of our lives, I see it more likely to become Children of Men and not Minority Report.
This whole website is based on hope and speculation and I doubt that any more than 10% of that would be accurate.
Detective P put into words what I could only imagine. Thank you.
Call me optimistic, but I disagree with Detective P
[quote] 2020-2029 Progress with longevity extension
The potential for radical life extension is beginning to enter the public consciousness. Experiments at a university have yielded the first 10 year old mice. Since mice and humans share similar DNA, this "robust rejuvenation" is a major stepping stone towards halting the ageing process in people.*
For those under the age of 50, there is now real and genuine hope of being able to live indefinitely. Though a permanent cure for humans is still many years away, a number of therapies are now in development which can substantially reduce the cell damage, mitochondrial mutations and other adverse effects of ageing. Combined with dietary and lifestyle changes, these temporary measures can be used to buy time for the more dramatic advances in the years ahead - creating a "bridge" to the next era of scientific discovery.
This period marks the beginning of a major increase in public interest and awareness of the subject. At the same time, however, there is a great deal of opposition from religious institutions and conservative groups.[/quote]
Please happen.
[QUOTE=Sergeant Turtle;22247998]Please happen.[/QUOTE]
I will be under the age of 50 by then! Fuck yes!
[QUOTE=rathat48;22247722]NO, waste of resources, will never happen, too hot, horrible atmosphere.[/QUOTE]
do you even know what terraforming is
[QUOTE=rapperkid04;22247944]This whole website is based on hope and speculation and I doubt that any more than 10% of that would be accurate.
Detective P put into words what I could only imagine. Thank you.[/QUOTE]
Right, because "HUUR DUUR Damn Ruskies invadin' Murica just like in the vidya games!" is so much more realistic.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22248051]I will be under the age of 50 by then! Fuck yes![/QUOTE]
Exactly
[QUOTE=Rainhorror;22247747]Growing trees along the edges of the Gobi desert to hold the desert back and stunt it's growth. Basically, stopping the desert to save farmland.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22247749][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Wall_of_China[/url][/QUOTE]
Looks pretty nifty
Why would we stop using many languages by 2095?
[QUOTE=_Sniper_;22247352]Christianity is going to be here for another 230 years?
:ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's terrible right?
People will actually forget about Christianity, And that's just awful. :ohdear:
(If that's not what you meant by that, you offend my family)
[quote]100,000,000,000,000 AD - The end of the stellar era
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 AD - The degenerate era of the universe
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000 AD - The black hole era of the universe
Beyond 10100 - The dark era of the universe[/quote]
So? Looking behind the timeline I'd assume that we'd already have manufactured stars and planets.
The awesome thing is that as long as we die of old age we'll probably get to see all this in action. :fuckyou:
The creation of the first AI of any intelligence would probably result in it rapidly improving itself dynamically - ie. altering its own programming, not by generations - only constrained by the resources it's given.
[QUOTE=Ncccookiees;22248354]So? Looking behind the timeline I'd assume that we'd already have manufactured stars and planets.[/QUOTE]
What that means is that eventually there won't be enough Hydrogen in the universe to support fusion in stars. The Heat Death is inevitable, unless you do some crazy theoretical shit.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;22248111]Right, because "HUUR DUUR Damn Ruskies invadin' Murica!" is so much more realistic.[/QUOTE]
Yes. Because our resources are limited and this thing preys on the idea that we will A) remain politically stable and B)find a long-lasting and efficient alternative to oil that can be adopted by the entire world.
The thing is, B will not happen, more than likely, and even if it did good luck being able to apply it in Africa or majority China, and if B doesn't happen, there goes A.
And plus, the only reason why we aren't in a cold war with the SCO/China/Ruskies is because of the (soon ending) war on terror and more tangible wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once those go, then we'll be in and econ-political conflict with China for influence in Asia, since we depend on Asian nations like Korea, India, Thailand, Taiwan and China for our inexpensive consumer goods.
The moment we aren't politically allied in a major even like the war on terror, we will be at each others' throats because China's political expansion is directly opposing to our economic-political expansion. We saw the starting signs of this in 1990-1998, and worsening in 1999, and were it not for 9/11, we'd be int he midst of a cold war. Cold Wars go hot easily. And with something so major as oil and other limited resources, two superpowers competing for top dog will both go for the same goal. When that goal is most likely in Alaska (US soil) or the Black Sea (Russian soil), you're looking at a shooting war for resources.
So YES, it is far more likely that war between the east and west will occur than the fantasy that we'll live happily ever after in Holographica with our clean-nuclear cars and wind-powered airplanes while everyone gets along and pats each other on the back every time they do something neeto.
[QUOTE=Lucinice;22248332]Why would we stop using many languages by 2095?[/QUOTE]
Dialects and new languages form in isolation. When one can step outside of his house and be on the other side of the globe within 6 hours, the contrary happens. The only thing still holding the world back from entirely adopting English is nationalism, the will to conserve the bits of your own culture that you deem important.
[quote] 2065
Longevity treatments that can halt aging
By the middle of this decade, treatments are becoming available which can effectively halt the aging process altogether. This landmark in the field of gerontology has been achieved through a worldwide collaborative effort between thousands of universities, research institutes and scientific bodies.
Rather than being a single process, aging was found to be caused by seven key types of damage.*
1. Junk - inside cells
2. Junk - outside cells
3. Cells - too few being produced
4. Cells - too many being produced
5. Mutations - chromosomes
6. Mutations - mitochondria
7. Protein crosslinks
Various combinations of drugs were developed in order to combat these types of damage. In 2010, it was possible to slow aging by only two months per year. Over the subsequent decades, however, exponential progress was made thanks to the growth of information technology in medicine, combined with advances in nanotechnology which led to ever smaller and more sophisticated treatments. The use of nanobots - able to repair and restructure cells on a molecular level - meant the required "escape velocity" of twelve months per year was eventually reached.
Much debate rages over the morality of this treatment and its consequences for the world's population (especially from conservatives and religious groups), but there is generally strong support from the public. Following clinical trials and government approval, it is made available to the mass market.
Initially expensive, it is regarded as a luxury - in the same way that plastic surgery, laser eye surgery and other cosmetic procedures were viewed in earlier decades. However, the massive amount of public interest leads to intense competition between the pharmaceutical firms, which soon drives down costs. Further refinement makes it possible to treat aging with just a single operation, rather than multiple ongoing treatments. Even further refinement makes it possible not only to halt the aging process, but to actually reverse it. By the early 22nd century, even people over 100 begin to appear physically indistinguishable from those in their 30s.[/quote]
better and better
[QUOTE=Detective P;22248459]Yes. Because our resources are limited and this thing preys on the idea that we will A) remain politically stable and B)find a long-lasting and efficient alternative to oil that can be adopted by the entire world.
The thing is, B will not happen, more than likely, and even if it did good luck being able to apply it in Africa or majority China, and if B doesn't happen, there goes A.[/QUOTE]
What do you base the assumption that B is unlikely to happen on?
Fusion power and some more efficient ways of extracting solar power seem promising to me. Oil is handy because it's easy to transport and store, but it still moves slower than electricity. And it's not like we don't know how to build batteries and capacitors.
:20bux: none of this happens when the bullshit timeline says it does
Heat Death sucks ass.
>:C
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