what changes as you think will happen to the world in 20 years from now?
455343
China becomes the new economic superpower... U.S. becomes much more like current eurpean nations are now... powerful, but not the main power... overall, there won't be a major difference on "the streets"
369940
not yet........ may be some day, in the coming century..lol
163435
it sounds like you're talking about global warming. it's very likely that the oceans will rise significantly and that the coastline of all the continents and islands is gonna change considerably. the latest I've heard is not 3' in the next 30 years but maybe 1'.
410198
nothing really.\n\ntake a look at the climate statistics in last 200,000 years and you will see the changes happening currently is negligible compared what happened in the past.\n\nit does not mean tough times are not ahead, with global warming sea levels will rise up 30+ feet. \nBye bye Venice unfortunately... Probably that will be the least of our problems. Warm water currents will be disrupted severly and Northern, Western Europe will be frozen...\n\ni still believe in an eternal balance.. as long as we human beings dont push it too hard it should manage to find a equilibrium of its own.\n\ngood luck and dont buy a house near the coast line.
1146691
Eventually the sun will swallow the earth; that's pretty much known.  I believe with the demoralization of people that I've seen from the past that we as a people will eventually kill each other off, or our standard of living will eventually go down the drain until third world countries now will look like the upper crust.
922203
I hope that is one of the things that will change now.
429673
I think the most revolutionary invention of the 20th century has (go ahead and laugh) the perfection of the bidding rules for the card game "contract bridge" in the 1930's, because it represents a NEW FORM OF LOGIC which we will see in chaos theory and advancede mathematics over the next 50 years or so.\n\nWhat changed our fculture the most?  Physically, the automobile.  Artistically and intellectually, television.\n\nFor the 21st century, I think a form of artificial intelligence will emerge before the end of the century as the most revolutionary invention.  I think the end of America as the world's superpower will change our culture the most.\n\nIn the 20th century, I think the importation of German philosophy into our arts and culture following 1945 detracted more than any other thing.  But the modern focus-group, polled and surveyed political manipulation in elections and politics is a close second place.\n\nI think the major detraction from our culture in the 21st century hasn't even started yet.  I can't guess what it will be.
245098
The reversal could happen with our generation.  It is seeing and understanding the threat to our environment that will eventually spur people to change their ways.
506763
Hypothetically speaking, I'm not entirely sure the world will exist in 10 years the way current world affiars are going what with the nuclear tension in Iran and North Korea...But I predect the economy will be better if we're still around.
24189
Yes very sooon in a matter of 5 to 10 years
158822
i think in less than 100 years..
769046
I think there is a new world coming, I call it the future. I don't know if it will be better or worse than the world we have now. Bush will be out of office soon; that's one bright spot. I'm inclined to think it will be worse simply because there will be more people around in the future, and that can only spell trouble. As for what I'm doing to make it better...not much. I am trying not curse around children as often, I guess that's something.
1187262
No.  As long as the world around us continues to change, humans will adapt and evolve to meet that change.
680571
POSSIBLE maybe in 2030
591532
All be the same-doubtful. we are, and will always be different. However, i do think everyone will hear of mcdonalds or famous people one day. Technology is expanding. Anyone who lives in developed countries or has acces to the internet will have. Progress economically will match peoples knowledge. One day, everyone won't be able to drive for a few hours without passing fast food restaurants
10994
20 years is not a long period of time.  I think that the United States will still definitely "think" it is the center of the world, just like it does now.  But the oil will still belong to the arabs, the chinese will still make everything and  drugs will still make you more money than anything else (think tobacco).\n\nSo corporations who control drugs, food, alcohol, oil and information will rule the world (kinda like they do now)\n\nAs for being slaves to machines, take a look at us now.  We are volunteering hours of time answering questions for free while an unmanned machine watches over us! Talk about the "Matrix".\n\nThe real source of ultimate power for most of the world is water.  There can be no life with out it.  Look forward to tremendous suffering, starvation and brutality as America continues to have one fifth of the worlds population but uses FOUR fifths of the worlds resources.
292799
The next major one will probably be Iran.  There will be plenty of little ones before then though.