I am finishing up my research for the sequel to TERMINAL CONNECTION which covered 21 books and countless web pages that allowed me to peek into 2050. There are three big themes:
1. Technology (from VR, to 3d faxing, to SCiO, to nano technology to Space elevators),
2. Global warming and resulting climate change (from loss of glacers, drying out of the US southwest, to massive flooding in China and other places.)
3. Population growth and resource pressures (including everything from peak oil, water shortages, to the aging demographic, to the shift of power toward Asia via China and India.)
The next few decades should be interesting and that is without anything unexpected abruptly throwing a wrench in things.
Published on July 06, 2014 15:54