De Briste krant The Guardian publiceerde een uitgebreid overzicht van 20 voorspelling voor de komende 25 jaren. Tegen dan ben ik zelf 53. Hoe zal de wereld de komende decennia evolueren? En hoe zal de wereld eruit zien in 2035?
From the web to wildlife, the economy to nanotechnology, politics to sport, the Observer’s team of experts prophesy how the world will change – for good or bad – in the next quarter of a century. 20 predictions for the next 25 years, by Naomi Alderman.
- Geopolitics: ‘Rivals will take greater risks against the US’
- The UK economy: ‘The popular revolt against bankers will become impossible to resist’
- Global development: ‘A vaccine will rid the world of Aids’
- Energy: ‘Returning to a world that relies on muscle power is not an option’
- Advertising: ‘All sorts of things will just be sold in plain packages’
- Neuroscience: ‘We’ll be able to plug information streams directly into the cortex’
- Physics: ‘Within a decade, we’ll know what dark matter is’
- Food: ‘Russia will become a global food superpower’
- Nanotechnology: ‘Privacy will be a quaint obsession’
- Gaming: ‘We’ll play games to solve problems’
- Web/internet: ‘Quantum computing is the future’
- Fashion: ‘Technology creates smarter clothes’
- Nature: ‘We’ll redefine the wild’
- Architecture: What constitutes a ‘city’ will change
- Sport: ‘Broadcasts will use holograms’
- Transport: ‘There will be more automated cars’
- Health: ‘We’ll feel less healthy’
- Religion: ‘Secularists will flatter to deceive’
- Theatre: ‘Cuts could force a new political fringe’
- Storytelling: ‘Eventually there’ll be a Twitter classic’