THE WORLD IN 2025 [pdf](sciencewatch.com)
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THE WORLD IN 2025 [pdf]
http://sciencewatch.com/sites/sw/files/m/pdf/World-2025.pdf
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"Dementia declines - no. Treating it is far too profitable."
Yeah, just like polio. And typhoid. And smallpox. And... I've made my point.
Yeah, just like polio. And typhoid. And smallpox. And... I've made my point.
None of those were profitable to treat, as they're infectious, contagious diseases which kill their victims and ultimately harm economies.
Dementia, on the other hand, is a disease of those who are past their productive lifetime as far as economic fitness goes (not being cruel here, just stating the fact from the perspective of those who view us as livestock), yet it does not kill the victim, and instead mandates care, therapy, drugs, and all the rest, over a period of years.
It is therefore highly profitable, causes a net generation of employment, and is not at all like polio, or typhoid, or smallpox.
Dementia, on the other hand, is a disease of those who are past their productive lifetime as far as economic fitness goes (not being cruel here, just stating the fact from the perspective of those who view us as livestock), yet it does not kill the victim, and instead mandates care, therapy, drugs, and all the rest, over a period of years.
It is therefore highly profitable, causes a net generation of employment, and is not at all like polio, or typhoid, or smallpox.
Polio kept survivors (the majority of those infected!) alive and in iron lungs for years.
>past their productive lifetime as far as economic fitness goes
One could argue that a cure for dementia would extend the productive lifetime of workers.
One could argue that a cure for dementia would extend the productive lifetime of workers.
The vast majority of patients get it well past retirement age.
Food price fluctuations - there will be advances in economics also, that will not only make fluctuations safe from extinction, but will take them to whole new level!
If this was called "The world in 2075", it would have been more favourably received, I bet. Most of the things they describe are almost impossible to achieve in 10 years either because of economy or bureaucracy. Wishful thinking at best.
I'm not as cynical as madaxe, but i do believe the chances of any of those (except baby dna testing) are not likely to happen in just 11 years. Its just 11 years, think back to the 11 years prior to now, I dont feel like much major has changed since 2003.
i think the causes of Alzheimers will be more well known, but it will be more prevalent than it is today.
i think the causes of Alzheimers will be more well known, but it will be more prevalent than it is today.
A lot has changed in the last 11 years, but... plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.
"Kinematics is a form of classic mechanics that studies the motion of points, objects and groups of objects regardless of the impetus for motion."
Yes. But this means studying movement under the assumption that F=0. It has nothing to do with teleportation.
Yes. But this means studying movement under the assumption that F=0. It has nothing to do with teleportation.
This is an advert for Thompson Reuters' services. The copy borders on gobbldygook.
Genetic crop modification will kill us all. We will never make it to 2025.
Dementia declines - no. Treating it is far too profitable.
Solar energy - ahahaha. In 2025, it'll still be Oil, Coal, Gas. Maybe Oil, Gas, Coal. Solar will languish in 7th or so, even though the technology will be more than viable.
Type 1 diabetes is preventable - except it won't be - because treatment is profitable.
Food shortages - yeah, no. Climate change will nix any benefit from technological improvement, and then some.
Electric air transportation - regulation will get in the way of this one, and we'll still be burning kerosene by the barrel to get from A to B.
Digital everything, everywhere - can't argue - although carbon nanocomposites will still be in the lab in 11 years time.
Petroleum-based packaging is history - nope. Why would the petrochemical industry give up a profitable product line? The only impetus to change would be a result of rising petrochemical prices - and all that'll happen is consumers will end up paying more for packaging, as goods decrease in cost due to the prevalence of slave labour and machine labour in the manufacturing sector, and the net-net doesn't vary.
Cancer treatments - for the very wealthy, yes. For the rest of us, same old, same old, pump you full of poison.
DNA mapping at birth - this one will happen. Not to manage disease risk, but to ensure that you are tracked for the rest of your life, and that your insurance premiums are appropriately higher depending on your luck in the genetic lottery. Hell, never mind insurance premiums, what jobs you can do, who you can have kids with, where you can live.
Teleportation - don't make me laugh. Sending the state of a particle from A to B isn't teleportation, except in a strict information-theory based view of the universe.
In a nutshell, we're doomed. DOOMED I TELL YOU!