2057- The World

I would guess that it will be a depopulated wasteland, with the few survivors
desperate for food. Possibly water as well. Tailored disease will stalk the land
and quite sadly I suspect most of the worlds fauna will be dead.

If Nuclear weapons have been used, add frozen wasteland to the description.

There is nothing acting in the world to prevent this fate.
 
I'm 70 years old but still goodlooking

with 10 children

and 56 grandchildren

crashing my flying car every two months

Insha-allah

oh yeah the World....

still the same old nonsense only more advanced
 
I would guess that it will be a depopulated wasteland, with the few survivors
desperate for food. Possibly water as well. Tailored disease will stalk the land
and quite sadly I suspect most of the worlds fauna will be dead.

If Nuclear weapons have been used, add frozen wasteland to the description.

There is nothing acting in the world to prevent this fate.
Cheer up. At least we'll have Back to the Future hoverboards.
 
It would not actually surprise me if sooner or later there was a major regional armed conflict between a nation state and a multi-national corporation.
 
I would guess that it will be a depopulated wasteland, with the few survivors
desperate for food. Possibly water as well. Tailored disease will stalk the land
and quite sadly I suspect most of the worlds fauna will be dead.

If Nuclear weapons have been used, add frozen wasteland to the description.

There is nothing acting in the world to prevent this fate.

Agreed-- I see this in the future
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then this
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<<Gog & Magog

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the fog of the end except of course less scenic
 
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It would not actually surprise me if sooner or later there was a major regional armed conflict between a nation state and a multi-national corporation.

Perhaps that is already taking place. Some of the current Multi-National corporations already have more employees than the population of some countries. It is only a question of if the employess will have more loyalty to the "Company" or to the country they are a resident of.
Of the world's 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries.
compiled by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh of the of the Institute for Policy Studies in their Report on the Top 200 corporations released in December 2000

(Corporations are in bold italics)

Rank Country / Corporation GDP / sales ($mil)
1 United States 8,708,870.00
2 Japan 4,395,083.00
3 Germany 2,081,202.00
4 France 1,410,262.00
5 United Kingdom 1,373,612.00
6 Italy 1,149,958.00
7 China 1,149,814.00
8 Brazil 760,345.00
9 Canada 612,049.00
10 Spain 562,245.00
11 Mexico 474,951.00
12 India 459,765.00
13 Korea, Rep. 406,940.00
14 Australia 389,691.00
15 Netherlands 384,766.00
16 Russian Federation 375,345.00
17 Argentina 281,942.00
18 Switzerland 260,299.00
19 Belgium 245,706.00
20 Sweden 226,388.00
21 Austria 208,949.00
22 Turkey 188,374.00
23 General Motors 176,558.00
24 Denmark 174,363.00
25 Wal-Mart 166,809.00
26 Exxon Mobil 163,881.00
27 Ford Motor 162,558.00
28 DaimlerChrysler 159,985.70
29 Poland 154,146.00
30 Norway 145,449.00
31 Indonesia 140,964.00
32 South Africa 131,127.00
33 Saudi Arabia 128,892.00
34 Finland 126,130.00
35 Greece 123,934.00
36 Thailand 123,887.00
37 Mitsui 118,555.20
38 Mitsubishi 117,765.60
39 Toyota Motor 115,670.90
40 General Electric 111,630.00
41 Itochu 109,068.90
42 Portugal 107,716.00
43 Royal Dutch/Shell 105,366.00
44 Venezuela 103,918.00
45 Iran, Islamic rep. 101,073.00
46 Israel 99,068.00
47 Sumitomo 95,701.60
48 Nippon Tel & Tel 93,591.70
49 Egypt, Arab Republic 92,413.00
50 Marubeni 91,807.40
51 Colombia 88,596.00
52 AXA 87,645.70
53 IBM 87,548.00
54 Singapore 84,945.00
55 Ireland 84,861.00
56 BP Amoco 83,556.00
57 Citigroup 82,005.00
58 Volkswagen 80,072.70
59 Nippon Life Insurance 78,515.10
60 Philippines 75,350.00
61 Siemens 75,337.00
62 Malaysia 74,634.00
63 Allianz 74,178.20
64 Hitachi 71,858.50
65 Chile 71,092.00
66 Matsu****a Electric Ind. 65,555.60
67 Nissho Iwai 65,393.20
68 ING Group 62,492.40
69 AT&T 62,391.00
70 Philip Morris 61,751.00
71 Sony 60,052.70
72 Pakistan 59,880.00
73 Deutsche Bank 58,585.10
74 Boeing 57,993.00
75 Peru 57,318.00
76 Czech Republic 56,379.00
77 Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Ins. 55,104.70
78 Honda Motor 54,773.50
79 Assicurazioni Generali 53,723.20
80 Nissan Motor 53,679.90
81 New Zealand 53,622.00
82 E.On 52,227.70
83 Toshiba 51,634.90
84 Bank of America 51,392.00
85 Fiat 51,331.70
86 Nestle 49,694.10
87 SBC Communications 49,489.00
88 Credit Suisse 49,362.00
89 Hungary 48,355.00
90 Hewlett-Packard 48,253.00
91 Fujitsu 47,195.90
92 Algeria 47,015.00
93 Metro 46,663.60
94 Sumitomo Life Insur. 46,445.10
95 Bangladesh 45,779.00
96 Tokyo Electric Power 45,727.70
97 Kroger 45,351.60
98 Total Fina Elf 44,990.30
99 NEC 44,828.00
100 State Farm Insurance 44,637.20

Source: http://www.corporations.org/system/top100.html

Some food for thought when you stop and think that Sony is now a larger world power than the Country of Pakistan.

Corporations are now larger and more powerful than most of the world's Kingdoms, Democracies, Republics, etc.
 
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Perhaps that is already taking place. Some of the current Multi-National corporations already have more employees than the population of some countries. It is only a question of if the employess will have more loyalty to the "Company" or to the country they are a resident of.


Source: http://www.corporations.org/system/top100.html

Some food for thought when you stop and think that Sony is now a larger world power than the Country of Pakistan.

Corporations are now larger and more powerful than most of the world's Kingdoms, Democracies, Republics, etc.

Not to mention that certain companies, such as certain mammoth heavy industry conglomerates in the Far East, often have their fingers in enough pies that they could become self sufficient with little to no effort. How long before one such giant sets up a wholly-owned subsidiary to provide "security guards" for its own premises and for hiring out to other companies? It would have a private army, in a way.
 
Not to mention that certain companies, such as certain mammoth heavy industry conglomerates in the Far East, often have their fingers in enough pies that they could become self sufficient with little to no effort. How long before one such giant sets up a wholly-owned subsidiary to provide "security guards" for its own premises and for hiring out to other companies? It would have a private army, in a way.

I believe this would be considered a fair sized Army by many standards.


The Securitas Aktiebolag is a Swedish security solutions (security guard) company. It has 230,000 employees in over 30 countries worldwide, including the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and Argentina. The company which is now based in London has service lines that include uniformed security officers, consulting and investigations, systems integration and cash-in-transit.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_AB
 
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Will advances in medicine help us stay young forever?

Errmmm no. Thats and stopping death coming no one can acheive, even 5000 years ahead and with the best of technologies.

Indeed:
"Every Soul Shall Taste Death..."
[Qur'an, 3:185]
 

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