Not in my lifetime!

Not in my lifetime!

We live in the world full of gadgets, technologies and we could hardly imagine that one or two hundred years ago people lived without this things which are usual for us. And I think that people from the past imagined our time in other way, not so developed. But there were genius people who thought through the time. For example, Leonardo da Vinci described helicopter, Tsiolkovsky started space exploration. Nowadays, there are lots of opinions about future. Some of them are positive, the others are negative. So? how do people of twenty-first century imagine their future?

As for me, I divide predictions about future into two groups: "may be" and "fairy tales". First involves predictions which could come true in next 20-30 years (during my lifetime). And "fairy tales" are about things which might appear but present knowledge isn't enough for them.

I think that people would work mainly on medical researches and fight against ecological problems. From my point of view, people could grow different parts of our body from small cells and fight most diseases. But other illnesses which are stronger than present will appear. I suppose that in 2030s people will use only solar energy and they will invent a solutions for traffic jams.

As for space expeditions, I think that in next 10 years the first man will walk on the surface of Mars. Also people could try to reach planets from the others systems with conditions similar to Earth's. But reaching another system is a fairy tale for me.

Flying cars, teleports, life on the other planets are fairy tales for me. I think They wouldn't appear next hundred years. But I believe that they would come true.

My point is not so optimistic, but I think it is more certain. So? I'll check, If I m a good predictor:)