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Things to Expect in our Lifetime…

The Era of the 21st Century is being viewed as a pivotal time in the history of our world. Large scale peace and prosperity have characterized this time where the nations have spent a large portion of their efforts growing their economies, seeking scientific discovery and advancing the education of their common people. While I do not wish to speak as though there are many places in the world where the light of our discovery and care for mankind have appeared totally absent...to look at the world overall is to look at the world in a positive light. We have progressed as a human race, as we continue progressing.

The question now becomes, what will the future bring? As knowledge reaches an all-time high, a generation is born that is characterized by a rejection of firm conviction toward the beliefs of all people. What will that generation lead our world into? What will the discoveries of science lead us to? How will the nations choose to act? And what will religion influence the world to do? What lies in the future of the world, further peace or chaos???

Here are a few suggested predictions within our generation:

1. Robots that perform human tasks, that talk with humans will become a normality
2. Vehicles will drive themselves
3. At least one major war will break out between the world powers (largest nations)
4. Devastation of at least one major U.S. city will occur.
5. Colonization of other planets will be attempted
6. Major human genetic engineering will take place
7. Leaders will become more and more racially, religiously and gender diverse: a black president, a female president, a black pope.