# What will it be like in the year 2050? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096 "2014-03-19T17:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096/41 "2014-03-23T08:20:18Z")
> [@Jiggerj](#): > > In 2050, in all civilized nations, the Muslims will have enough of a majority to start voting Islamic clerics into public office. By 2100 all advances in science and education will be wiped out by the new Islamic Constitutions. All women will wear hajibs and lose the right to drive a car. People will be executed for showing any type of public affection. All non-Muslim holidays will be outlawed. > > Wives and children will be caned as a means of discipline. Gays and pagans will be slaughtered into extinction. > > I’m glad I won’t be around to see the horrific slide back into the dark ages. No, no, no… You’ve got it all wrong. Gay marriage will be mandatory. Heterosexual relationships will be outlawed. That’s the crazy fantasy du-jour. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096/42 "2014-03-23T12:04:36Z")
For the first time in human history, there will be a true world government. The U.S. as we know it today will no longer exist. It will happen slowly at first, but the consolidation of power will grow exponentially. The profession of career politician will vanish as my minions wrest control from the old guard and institute a policy of “one man - one vote”, with me being that one man. Then in my old age as Emperor Supreme, I will face my own mortality and act to preserve my legacy in the most poetic way possible - by downloading my mind into a giant death robot. ---
**Author:** ![Alba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alba)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096/43 "2014-03-28T13:13:41Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > I agree with some of your other predictions, but I think this one is way off. Speech recognition may help with some tasks, but there’s no way that keyboards will be replaced. Can you imagine an entire office of people trying to get work done by talking to their computers? > > I’ll add a prediction here: most cords and cables will disappear, replaced by wireless data transfer and even wireless power transfer. We won’t need to have twisted cables snaking through the dusty territory behind our entertainment centers. Many appliances won’t have to be plugged into an outlet. You just unbox the appliance, and turn it on. It will automatically receive power from your home. (There will still be power lines coming to your home, but from there many devices will operate without the need for outlets.) I agree with the wireless power and data transfer in house, that’s not far off what we have now. Moreover, yes there will still be keyboards, however, the way people will interact with their computers will involve a lot more than typing. Cameras will track your eye movement, slight hand movements, perhaps even thoughts and they will all influence the way you interact with the devices in your office/household. Next to that, everything will be automated; all information you have and produce will be combined and pre-set for you. From there you can edit those things. This is already happening (e.g. Google Now looks at your data and gives suggestions on news you want to read, what traffic will be like on your morning commute to work, etc), but it will be way bigger, cross platforms and cross areas (house, office, shops). In the future, in some more developed countries, only people who have passed a test will be allowed to vote. This will lead to less politicians in office who only rate well because how articulate they are or their looks. Because of the inflow of scientists and business people government is run more efficiently. The result is that the standard of living is very high and those societies excel in the arts, science and technology. Because of the huge shift in privacy rights and patents there will be easier access to information, better health, less crime, better rights. All in all the world will be a much better and nicer place to live. Or as my fellow Doper said: > [@Son\_of\_Fu\_Manchu](#): > > … Eat, drink and be merry, gentle readers. P.S. Buy Briga shares ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096/44 "2014-03-28T15:40:33Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > For the first time in human history, there will be a true world government. The U.S. as we know it today will no longer exist. It will happen slowly at first, but the consolidation of power will grow exponentially. The profession of career politician will vanish as my minions wrest control from the old guard and institute a policy of “one man - one vote”, with me being that one man. Then in my old age as Emperor Supreme, I will face my own mortality and act to preserve my legacy in the most poetic way possible - by downloading my mind into a giant death robot. Well, at least one of us has something to look forward to! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096/45 "2014-03-28T15:48:36Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > For the first time in human history, there will be a true world government. The U.S. as we know it today will no longer exist. It will happen slowly at first, but the consolidation of power will grow exponentially. The profession of career politician will vanish as my minions wrest control from the old guard and institute a policy of “one man - one vote”, with me being that one man. Then in my old age as Emperor Supreme, I will face my own mortality and act to preserve my legacy in the most poetic way possible - by downloading my mind into a giant death robot. Is it a robot in the shape of an armed monkey? I would like to see such a future come to be… ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096/46 "2014-03-28T16:20:00Z")
There will be a great deal of longing for the past, and especially a huge demand for Bay City Rollers records. Playing bagpipes will be a capital offense. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096/47 "2014-03-28T16:26:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [I defer](http://simpsonswiki.com/w/images/e/e1/Oilnomocom.png) to [the Simpsons’](http://simpsonswiki.com/w/images/e/e7/Risingdroughtcom.png) predictions [for](http://simpsonswiki.com/w/images/a/a2/Buyspacenowcom.png) that [year.](http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130603191103/simpsons/images/1/12/Nuthinbuthumans.jpg) Obviously, Microsoft is dead because Office for the iPad was an Edsel. Sell your shares now. > [@armedmonkey](#): > > Then in my old age as Emperor Supreme, I will face my own mortality and act to preserve my legacy in the most poetic way possible - by downloading my mind into a giant death robot. Along with that of your white cat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-it-be-like-in-the-year-2050/684096.md?page=2)