Lifestyles of the Next Millennium: 65 Forecasts

The forecasts were all futuristic yet some are not realistic. Some of the accounts given by the authors can only be seen on science fiction films and novels. Thus, some are impossible to happen. Though some the accounts given were so far from realities, there had been significantly many accounts that already exist.

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Company towns are possible to happen but the thought of companies subsidizing the housing of their employees are impossible. Instead, there might be a possibility that companies would exploit the employees. Living in a global village is possible to happen; in the Philippine we already have Bonifacio Global City. Special purpose rooms already exist in homes of elite people. Fully automated rooms are possible but are not yet probable since technology is not yet ready for it. Spa centers and other wellness centers are now considered sleeping machines, but the actual experience of controlling dreams is seemingly impossible. Robots and other derivatives are already developing especially in Japan where technology is rapidly developing.

Family and Education

The dream of a perfect family and education can never be attained for being perfect is not right. The dreaming shall only be of the present but attaining such is impossible to happen. Even in the present, lives of people are far from being perfect. Social control and deviance of the first unit of government or the family is very much affective in terms of society. If the possibility of controlling recalcitrant children and as well as imperfect family background is probable then attaining a society of perfect order is also probable. But, this reality is far from what is really happening.

In terms of education, since education systems are continually developing and evolving along the way, trends and adaptations shall always be happening. It would only depend on the way people think and see about education.

Others

Society and society alone can dictate what the future will bring. Though the available technology is yet to come and the specific technologies are yet uncertain we can’t be sure of what the future will bring. Of course the inevitable would always be at hand. And no matter what happens, such behavior in society shall always happen. Developments and further developments would always come and go. Issues of the future would always be a question, a question that is yet to be answered.