Top 5 Predictions for the Century

I recently read an article about how Richard Branson will begin offering flights to space for the low dollar price of $200,000 a seat... for 5 minutes of weightlessness (that's 40 thou a minute, ouch) which lead me to this article...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_deca/ynews_deca_ts1011

... which got me to thinking about predictions for the rest of the century and figured, what the hell;

TOP 5 PREDICTIONS FOR THE REST OF THE CENTURY - by BHanDaMan

1. I will not have the opportunity (translation: be able to afford) to travel in space... but my kids will. I figure by the time my kids are 50, which would put us around 2050, they will be able to afford and still be in good enough shape to take a trip in space... I'd be 76... still kicking but no spring chicken, probably living on a defunct social security system and a shitty 401K. I'll need to buy my meds before I can afford to fly off into the depths of space. So, I'll probably miss out on this one.

2. Pretty much nothing will change with world government in the next 90 years. And, let me explain why. Anybody who is smart enough and carismatic enough to change the path of our government, let alone, the worlds governments is smart enough and carismatic enough to not want to put themselves under that much strain and stress. Someone like that is smart enough to go work for some corporation, where even if the f#$% up they still get a $100 million dollar severance package. As a world leader all you get is shit from the press, the other party, and probably your wife for never being around.

I mean just look at our world leaders today. They spend as much time trying to save face in the public eye as they do trying to solve problems. People lack the will and/or are just to stubborn to change.

For example, when our current President wanted to go on TV and talk to kids about education there were parents going ape shit all over this country. As if the President was gonna talk about worshiping Satan or try to tell our kids to go home and kill the family dog or something... I mean seriously, all he wanted to do was talk about the importance of an education in the lives of our youth and you'd think he was gonna have sex with a horse on TV the way people reacted.

And as for there being one secular government to rule the whole world. Not in this century. Not unless there is some cataclysmic event that brings everyone together for a common cause. However, this common cause would have to be something that didn't destroy the world but would still get everyones attention, cause lets face it, if a big 'ol asteroid hits earth and all hell breaks loose... then it's Thunderdome baby... two men enter, one man leaves.

The only thing that comes to mind is a visit from a ultra intelligent space entity that tells us to get our shit together or they'll blow us to bits, like the Day the Earth Stood Still.

I mean seriously, we can't even get together to work on civil rights, global warming, or even find some guy in a desert that everyone knows is responsible for the deaths of almost 3000 people. If we can't get together on these things how are we supposed to overlook all our other differences and unite under one common government. Again, not in this century.

3. There will be flying cars, but you are too dumb to get a license for them, nor can you afford it, nor would I want your dumb ass flying over my house. This seems to be a common want for people in the future. Can you picture that dumb ass that can't manage to stay between two lines or the prick that cut you off this morning in a car... that flies... seriously, would you want that?

However, there will be flying cars, its inevitable, just because people want them, but a special license will be required to fly one and it will be even harder to get then a current pilots license. It just won't make sense for the everyday-man or woman to have one and be flying all over hell and gone doing god knows what over my house and kids playground.

I do think there will be some sort of flying train or ferry or something that gets people across cities and from town to town... I could see something like that.; like a bus route in the sky. We won't have to clear land to make tracks... we'll commute on predetermined and scheduled skyways. But for the everyday man and woman, piloting a flying car is not in our future so we might as well enjoy the scene from our car window cause that's as good as it's gonna get.

4. The greatest leaps in science and technology will be made in the medical fields. In the next 90 years the leaps and advances in the medical fields will be the things most remembered in the century. I foresee cures for cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and many more. I also see the invention of super vitamins that make us smarter and stronger. I see pills that burn fat, create muscle, improve complexions and grow hair. We'll be able to grow body parts; skin, hearts, muscle tissue, etc. We'll live longer and be pains in our parents asses for a long, long time

I also think in the future that kids will be implanted with a chip that keeps their family and their own medical history on it and it will alert them when there is a potential problem with their body. "beep, beep... your fat ass is about to have a heart attack."

In 2099 the advances in medicine over the past century will be the talk of the town.

5. Three words; Computer Body Implants. Ahh, yes. In the next 90 years you will be fitted with a CBI... Computer Body Implants. Much like your desktop you have now your CBI can be used for you to dictate a term paper, surf the Internet, figure your bills, and for all types of communication. Special glasses and/or contacts will allow you to see a virtual screen (think Teminator) and movements of the CBI implants in your fingers, feet, and tongue will allow you to control your processes. Cell phones, PDA's, laptops, et all will be obsolete. Apples version will even come with a little apple tattoo that you place on your skin, like a piece of tape, that imprints a permanent tattoo onto your skin. You heard it here first.

Check back here in 2099 and see if I got anything right... use your CBI to access me at slaphand.blogspot.com.