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Twenty top predictions for life 100 years from now

Paul Higgins: “Interesting “crowdsourcing” and assessment process by the BBC :


“Last week we asked readers for their predictions of life in 100 years time. Inspired by ten 100-year predictions made by American civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins in 1900, many of you wrote in with your vision of the world in 2112.

Many of the “strange, almost impossible” predictions made by Watkins came true. Here is what futurologists Ian Pearson (IP) and Patrick Tucker (PT) think of your ideas.”

Full Story: BBC

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Twenty top predictions for life 100 years from now

Paul Higgins: “Interesting “crowdsourcing” and assessment process by the BBC :

“Last week we asked readers for their predictions of life in 100 years time. Inspired by ten 100-year predictions made by American civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins in 1900, many of you wrote in with your vision of the world in 2112.
Many of the “strange, almost impossible” predictions made by Watkins came true. Here is what futurologists Ian Pearson (IP) and Patrick Tucker (PT) think of your ideas.”


Full Story: BBC
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