WHAT WILL YEAR 2108 BRING?
After reading my novel, Global Reset, your first impression may very well be that it is simply an entertaining story. That statement is indeed true but not entirely complete. It is of course pure fiction but I have attempted to weave a few of the global issues below into the story line by exploring some gruesome “what if” scenarios.
During countless travels in my lifetime I have witnessed mind-boggling changes that have taken place around the planet. At first I thought it was incredibly exciting but in the past few years I’m increasingly sensing that we may soon be standing at the precipice of a new era. What this new period might be like I wouldn’t know, but I believe our grand kids will many years from now say that the world changed dramatically in their life time in a way nobody could have imagined.
I strongly believe, despite my premonition of the inevitable global change that lies ahead, that we’ll overcome whatever challenges, problems and issues such a change will throw at us. But I don’t think it’ll be easy nor without significant sacrifices and collateral damage along the way. You and I will of course never see what the world will look like in 2108, but I’m certain that most of us would have liked to have a peak at what the future has in store. What would we have seen if time-travel were possible? Progress? Destruction? Peace? War? Good? Bad? Something unimaginable?
How we approach and resolve the issues below, and how effectively the world collaborates, will ultimately define and shape the next one hundred years. These issues are increasingly moving to the forefront of the agenda of many nation states and I expect they’ll only grow in importance as we continue our journey into the 21st century.
EXPLOSIVE POPULATION GROWTH
1950: 2.5BN, 2008: 6.8BN – CONSEQUENCES OF EXPONENTIAL GROWTH?
ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS
ANYTHING BECOMES POSSIBLE - COULD NEW WEAPONS/WARFARE EMERGE?
UNPRECEDENTED SHIFT IN WORLD ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM
WILL RISE OF CHINA, INDIA AND ASIA LEAD TO DECLINE OF THE WEST?
DEPLETION OF FOSSIL FUELS
HAVE WE CRESTED THE HUBBERT PEAK - IS CHEAP ENERGY A THING OF THE PAST?
GLOBAL WARMING
COULD CLIMATIC SHIFTS WITH UNFATHOMABLE CONSEQUENCES HAPPEN?
DEADLY VIRUS STRAINS AND DISEASES
COULD ENTIRE POPULATIONS BE WIPED OUT?
TERRORISM & SOCIAL UNREST
WILL GLOBAL TERROR BE PART OF FUTURE LIFE?
What do you think the year 2108 will be like?
-Nick
www.nickraybourne.com
