The year 3000

[Akrid]

I was reading through some old comic books and came acrossed one called "Robin 3000" and I thought to myself "what a strange time period" Nobody ever talks about Y3k. I seriously wonder if the human race will even make it that long.

 

Lets say we get cryo-froze and we wake up a thousand years from now like futuramma. What do you think the world will be like? With the way I see things going now in the world I think we would step out of the chamber and choke and die in a world devoid of a life sustaining enviroment.

[thranduill]

I think none of the above situations: I feel very optimistic for what concerns the future of mankind.

It is true that the actual situation is very difficult and dangerous for all of us,but

I see even now that a part of us ( increasing every day), has the dream of a more pacific , healthy world. Many people are starting thinking to the earth as a whole

organism, and what happens here and now will be in some way reflected everywhere.

In my idea this changement will begin at the end of this century ( in history from the idea of a changement to its relisation it takes about 100 years).

It will be a technological world without pollution and we will use for energy the sun, or the cosmic rays, or something like that.

The differences beetwen poor and rich countries will start to decrease and we

will start the changement from ourselves ( in my opinion there is not other way:

to stop a criminal you can kill him or make him more self conscious trough education and a different style of life).

We will start to understand again that the earth does not pertain to us, and that we pertain to it and to the universe.

The right of property will became a right of usufruct: nobody will be the owner of earth, water, air and fire. Such a things you cannot pay as you are made from it...

A dream? May be. What is life without a dream?

La vida es sueno, life is nothing but a dream.....

[Switch]

When I think that far into the future I tend to think up all the most insane technological advances and then triple it. Someone in the 1700s couldn't have comprehended the technology that would exist just 300 years later. I almost dread to think what we'll think up in the next 1000 years as things are developing. :P

 

Although I'm not sure we'll last that long... not because of technology but for other reasons that aren't allowed to be discussed here. ^^;

[Chaosmaker]

Asteriod hits the earth. Nobody survives except me myself and Irene. an Ice age occurs. eventually a green land comes and alot of people worshipping me :D :D :D

 

 

Honestly i don't know what will become of us. Maybe Utopia maybe Hell maybe a Intergalactic Gas Station :P

[Darnoc]

I am very pessimistic concerning the survival of the human race. Humans have proven to be unable to learn from their past mistakes. The problem is that the more time advances, the more means we have to repeat does mistakes. So, if we think ahead, following the pattern of humanity, I don't believe Earth or the human race will exist in the year 3000.

[ATHORIEL]

I hope that in some way my essence will be store and I come back in Y3K as a Bender robot. Smokin, drinkin and cussin!!! :D

[ninja_lord666]

To explain my answer to this (More urban everywhere, billions more people), I will disprove the others.

 

Green, filled with nature and happyness, hardly any people: Unless the entire human race suffers a non-nuclear genocide, this will never happen. Humans have taken complete control of this planet and won't give it up without a fight.

 

Same as now, more people: With our current population growth, it will be impossible for us to NOT become urbanised. Also, with our current development of technology, we will without a doubt, have colonies on other planets by 3000.

 

A Machine planet, so many people our lifes are worthless: This is obviously inspired by movies like The Matrix and Terminator. This is also impossible seeing as how machines cannot have feelings unless we program them in, and world domination is a feeling. We wouldn't be stupid enough to tell our robots that they think that they should rule the world.

 

Post nuclear wasteland, nobody left: As long as we remember Hiroshima, this will *probably* never happen...just don't elect me as president, lol! :P

 

Totally differant, new super race in control, humans only a myth: Impossible by 3000. Maybe in the year 3000000. Evolution takes place in GLOBAL time scale. It took about nine (I think) million years for humans to evolve into our current form, Homo sapien sapien, and we have only been around for several thousand years--not long enough for evolution to tweak our genes again.

 

Taken over by aliens, Earth become a gallatic gas station: Not likely, While I don't disbelieve in life on other planets, the chances for life are so slim, that it probably only happened four or five times in the ENTIRE universe, and the chances that another planet with life is within the Milkyway galaxy is near impossible.

 

Apocalypse, Earth ruined to ashes, demons etc.:I can't discuss this for the rules forbid it, but all I will say is that there is NO scientific proof backing up MOST (not all) of what's in the bible.

 

Utopia, science brings immortality and perfection to all man: By definition, a utpoia is a perfect paradise free from evil and corruption. For this I will reffer you to Malchik here.

 

Ants get big, consume all, ant world: Not as far-fetched as it seems. If evolution tweaks ant genes enough, it could happen, but again you have the problem of global time scale not being one thousand years.

 

All-in-all, only the third answer, More urban everywhere, billions more people, is at all possible.

 

EDIT: woops, I forgot to check the date. sorry for thread necromancy. I promise I'll try hardder next time.

[Povuholo]

Although I'm not sure we'll last that long... not because of technology but for other reasons that aren't allowed to be discussed here. ^^;

What? God will be making an appearance and destroy mankind?

 

If we're still alive, well... The earth is filled with nuclear waste, the fossil fuels are running out so... Green energy? Fusion power? A different technology?

 

By 3000, we'll probably know everything about the brain. And shoot a few micro computers in it at birth, making us superintelligent. I don't know :P

 

Edit: Didn't notice above post was thread necromancy, but I think we can keep this thing alive.

[Abramul]

An environmental/natural resource crash of one sort or another seems plausible. However, it would take nothing short of the complete destruction of the ecosystem to eliminate humankind, and even that might not be effective.

[elpiggo]

I don't think we'll collonise other planets, unless this happens. Space takes too much time to cross and you can't go faster than the speed of light. It would take the time between now and the year 3000 to reach a star a thousand light years away, which is nothing in the void of space. However, we could use the 'domes' theory, and completely simulate the temperature, gravity, air levels (an alternative to oxygen?), and more.

 

I think if we don't collonise another planet the world will become a urbanated to the brink of extinction (Corusant just doesn't work).