Poor Predictions and Shaky Science
Well humans are motivated in a limited number of ways but the easiest, probably, is fear. So we brush aside all the fanfare and listen intently to what scientists all over the world are saying and we believe them, yet in time, those predictions simply fail to materialize.
Oil
None of the predictions made in the 70’s or 80’s came to pass. The first cataclysm we could expect, we were told, was for the world to run out of oil. We’re using far too much gas for it to last very long, they said. Countries started stockpiling and hoarding and striking deals with shady governments to proactively head off any sudden world-running-out-of-oil scenarios.
Population
The next major catastrophe, we were told, was the population explosion. If things carry on like this, the world will be overrun with people and we won’t be able to feed all of them. We should expect Africa and Asia to encounter massive famines on account of all the tens of millions of people being born every day and not as many farms being made to compensate.
Mobility Tech
One good thing, they said, was that we could expect flying cars running on solar, we should expect TV in our heads and personal bots to live our lives for us. We can spend weekends shopping for a robo-dog to go with the new robo-dog-walker that came with the flying car and on the way home, the robo-dog will work up plans for world hunger and climate change and the economy and solve a 1,000-year old riddle that no mathematician in the world could solve.
Sea level
The next big threat to mankind's existence, say the scientists, will be the rising
sea levels owing to all the ice melting in the arctic. At this rate the polar
caps will be gone in decades and every coastal city will be consumed by the
ocean. Head for the hills!
Entertainment Tech
On the bright side.. LCD looks promising but the future is, without doubt, holograms. We’re going to have lasers everywhere showing us 3D shows in the air, for sure TV as it is now is doomed.
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