It will be like an episode of Doctor Who future tech is going to make us feel like were living in a science fiction movie! Some 50 years ago, most people died from diarrhea, malaria, tuberculosis, or simple respiratory diseases. Why is 2000 not the first year of the 21st century? Astronomical predictions for the 22nd century. The top three countries in terms of life expectancy are all in AsiaSingapore, Japan, South Koreafollowed by European countries and Chile. She is one of the authors of On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? a critique of LLM triumphalism. If we include all of the children born in previous years who also have a chance, there are more than 900 million people alive today, who can expect to live into the next century! Eddie and the flash is from 2015 where as the reverse flash is from 2151 in the future. According to the World Bank, we currently have 7.6 billion people on Earth and are expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. Apart from an increase in living standards, such improvements mean that we are, in turn, better placed to solve the 21st Centurys problems. Experts contend that incorporating local communities' economic interests into conservation plans will be essential to species protection in the next century. Yeah the whole period from about 1890-1920 was one of the fastest changing periods ever, automobiles, Art Nouveau, labor protests and anarchist violence, Spanish American War, progressive movement, women's suffrage, child labor laws, KKK revival, Wright brothers air flight, World War 1, and prohibition. Increasing longevity is the key - if you marry at 20 and live to well over 100, that is far too long a commitment. 9 If we survive as long as the Earth stays habitable, and based on the scenario above, this would be a future in which 125 quadrillion children will be born. Any baby born today (June 26, 2017) will have to live a minimum of 82 years and more or less six months to see the 22nd century. 4. For a sense of what may be on the way, consider three possible analogues, or precursors: the browser, the printing press and practice of psychoanalysis. One changed computers and the economy, one changed how people gained access and related to knowledge, and one changed how people understood themselves. Desert greening is progressing so this is just about possible. I think we will certainly see some weaker forms of marriage that are designed to last a decade or two rather than a whole lifetime, but traditional marriage will still be an option. Britain will have had a revolution (holierthanthou). The Rapture: A moment when all believers of Christ ascend into heaven to await his return. Such applications and implications call to mind Sigmund Freuds classic essay on the Unheimliche, or uncanny. argued recently in their book Age of Discovery, remarkable successes in tackling global poverty. This blog builds on the cohort life expectancy projections in population.io which were developed by the World Data Lab, together with the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). You may have noticed that there are some inconsistencies in how we refer to the centuries. (Technically it ended on December 31, 2099, but were still in the 21st century!). This would make sense because there were no other centuries before then (aside from maybe some mythical ones). The average life expectancy of a girl born today is 79.6 yearsfor a boy it is 76.2 yearswhich means that she and her peers will live to shape the rest of this century. When boom turned to bust at the turn of the century there was a predictable backlash. In fact, its so far ahead that we dont even have words for years after 2019 yet! Jeanne Calment lived until she was 122 years and 164 days old. In other words, look for many more types of currency and exchange not fewer, in the coming decades. A similarly creative approach to accounts of the world is a minus. When we talk about the 21st century, were talking about the years from 2001 to 2020. What happened to reverse flash after undoing flashpoint? That some people will leave chatbots of themselves behind when they die seems all but certain. Civilisations dawn, and the flourishing that followed. Are you in the 21st century? 7. This does look like a powerful trend, other languages don't stand a lot of chance. While weve been calling the 21st century the 21st century for a while now, its not always referred to as such. Why do they call the 1900s the 20th Century? Luckily for the people born in this century (2000 - present births) they will be 100 are the. The geological record, as interpreted by the Comte de Buffon, showed massive extinctions in which species vanished for ever. There will only be three languages in the world - English, Spanish and Mandarin (Bill Walker). A cat is said to have nine lives, and we humans seem headed in that direction, at least figuratively speaking. At times, it can feel like 2016 has been a bad year, with global terrorism flaring, refugee crises, climate change and race-related shootings to name a few of the gloomier headlines. It's easy to keep scary thoughts at bay by looking out the window "eh,. We will need to feed 10 billion people and nature can't keep up with demand, so we will need much more ocean farming for fish. Using this technique, it's now possible to screen an embryo for about half of all congenital illnesses. Your browser does not support the