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10. vertical farming, in vitro meat, aquaponics

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Thu May 14, 2015, 04:21 PM

May 2015

All fruitful avenues which should be resource and land efficient.

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7 Top Futurists Make Some Pretty Surprising Predictions About What The Next Decade Will Bring [View all] KamaAina May 2015 OP

We will struggle.... daleanime May 2015 #1

Let them eat virtual victuals. Comrade Grumpy May 2015 #2

At this point I love the advances mentioned yeoman6987 May 2015 #3

I hope so..... daleanime May 2015 #6

You are right yeoman6987 May 2015 #16

vertical farming, in vitro meat, aquaponics Bosonic May 2015 #10

Everything will have to be on the table (no pun intended) including..... daleanime May 2015 #11

Paging Dr. Malthus, call on line one for Thomas Malthus. tritsofme May 2015 #19

and will be hard to keep our population hydrated Backwoodsrider May 2015 #54

Futurists in 1970 overlooked the possibility of oil shortages pscot May 2015 #4

+1 daleanime May 2015 #7

In the meantime, our home is being poisoned and species are going extinct. Avalux May 2015 #5

I sooo disagreed with that assessment of reality. At the end of the show Freeman said something Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #72

3D printing and augmented reality are going to be quite amazing. NuclearDem May 2015 #8

3D printing is going to be a very big deal. hifiguy May 2015 #9

That is what I was thinking - no one else will be able to afford them. jwirr May 2015 #46

Look at the predictions made in the '50s and '60s. -none May 2015 #12

Or even the stuff people were predicting in the late 90's - look at Ray Kurzweil for an example of Chathamization May 2015 #18

Kurzweil is an utter kook. longship May 2015 #29

And don't forget living to be 150 years old. jwirr May 2015 #48

Here's what Walter Cronkite had to say in 1967 about the living room of 2001 Art_from_Ark May 2015 #23

how fun! thanks! n/t renate May 2015 #69

the most important thing we will learn in the future olddots May 2015 #13

I'm reminded of this cartoon... Fumesucker May 2015 #14

Problem with predictions is the assumption of status quo haele May 2015 #15

I like your predictions far better than those of the experts. SheilaT May 2015 #17

Not to mention the energy and resources (and money!) needed to fulfill these futurists' predictions. arcane1 May 2015 #30

Even more interesting. SheilaT May 2015 #50

Pay no attention to those minor details IDemo May 2015 #20

I was a kid in the 'sixties and and a teen in the 'seventies. hunter May 2015 #21

Things that have devolved: Airline travel. KamaAina May 2015 #33

I'm curious. How old are you? SheilaT May 2015 #51

I fled high school for college in the mid 'seventies. hunter May 2015 #65

I am ready for driverless cars! nt Logical May 2015 #22

As are many people with disabilities. KamaAina May 2015 #34

+1000! Nt Logical May 2015 #35

I'm elderly. I could actually get around on my own again. jwirr May 2015 #49

In the 1950s futurists imagined people would actually have computers in their homes in the 21st tblue37 May 2015 #24

Yea, but his Suit is making a comeback postatomic May 2015 #26

It's for the "Hard Drive" Warren DeMontague May 2015 #27

What about that wall-mounted monitor up around the height of a basketball hoop! nt tblue37 May 2015 #28

It's to distract from that huge steering wheel on the left. Orrex May 2015 #62

No IDemo May 2015 #32

Still, I want one for my home. longship May 2015 #42

OK--but it's still fun, and there sure were plenty of equally absurd tblue37 May 2015 #70

When we first started getting home computers SheilaT May 2015 #68

And HuffPo's, TOP FUTURISTS PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT DECADE FOR THE 90% appalachiablue May 2015 #25

Taking them in order... Scootaloo May 2015 #31

Google Glass users now known as Glassholes. nt longship May 2015 #41

Science fiction writers are way better at prediction the future--both the kinds f technology tblue37 May 2015 #36

Indeed. KamaAina May 2015 #37

And they had tablet computers and clamshell cellphones ("communicators") on tblue37 May 2015 #39

Hell, Dick Tracy had an Apple Watch! KamaAina May 2015 #67

Ender's Game predicted the blogosphere and pseudonymous pundits way back in 1985 LeftyMom May 2015 #52

He was a big time Atari 800 fan back then, maybe still is, like me. hunter May 2015 #64

Ray Kurzweil himself is already in the midst of the uncanny valley. R&K nt longship May 2015 #38

Plus, I have absolutely no use for Michio Cuckoo. longship May 2015 #40

I don't put much faith in futurists. Blue_In_AK May 2015 #43

I'd believe a futurist who said "99% of this shit ain't gonna happen" Throd May 2015 #45

During my college years two of my professors were futurists. They always seemed too optimistic jwirr May 2015 #44

"7 top futurists" lol - where do I get a futurism Ph.D.? closeupready May 2015 #47

That was my exact thought. Orrex May 2015 #61

As long as we're playing, let me... jmowreader May 2015 #53

Since people are jumping on the futurist bandwagon, here are my predictions, based on when Humanist_Activist May 2015 #55

Here's some futurist predictions lovemydog May 2015 #56

There's no digging our way out with a virtual shovel Freelancer May 2015 #57

Sort of along those lines, I like what this guy lovemydog May 2015 #58

Far fetched. I would say those predictions Oneironaut May 2015 #59

Wealth disparity and the decline of society will continue. Despite more technological CentralMass May 2015 #60

Cool treestar May 2015 #63

I predict ... sendero May 2015 #66

I hope meat "cloning" takes over so we can stop brutally torturing cows, pigs, etc. Arugula Latte May 2015 #71

We could stop that right now if we so desired KamaAina May 2015 #74

If we don't fix this inequality thing we have going on, life is going to suck for many of us. It wil Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #73