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BlueIris

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4. I can't think about the lifestyles of the future. It's hard for me to believe

Reply to Emelina (Original post)

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 12:20 AM

Jan 2012

that we will have a habitable earth by that point. If we as a civilization are still living, I think we will have fewer than half the world's current population, and a society so alien it will be unrecognizable to this one.

If we're taking this into the sci-fic realm? Uh, remember The Borg, from the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe? That might be pretty close to what we will look like.

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So what are your predictions for 2050? [View all] Emelina Jan 2012 OP

One more. Emelina Jan 2012 #1

I'm a bi sci fi fan ismnotwasm Jan 2012 #2

I think it really depends on politics justiceischeap Jan 2012 #3

I can't think about the lifestyles of the future. It's hard for me to believe BlueIris Jan 2012 #4