FRC - Politics / Society

Futures Research Center | Politics / Society Track

§ Politics / Society

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	Politics / Society Track
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2001
2002
2003		03-01. 107 million in US will own Web-enabled cellular phones. \| P.8 Strong Positive: E \| Gartner, Adam Sarner 03-02. 8 million in US will own Web-enabled PDAs. \| P.8 Strong Positive: E \| www.gartner.com Gartner, Adam Sarner 03-03. Interpol presses for a global DNA database of criminal suspects. \| www.smartbusinessmag.com Smart Business, Future Forensics, 4/01
2004		04-01. US lawmakers call for "unerasable" hard drives to aid in forensics \| www.smartbusinessmag.com Smart Business
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009		09-01. Courts accept sniffer analysis, identifying individuals through their body's unique chemical odor. \| www.smartbusinessmag.com Smart Business
2010
2015		15-01. Leisure-oriented business will dominate the world economy and account for over half the US gross national product. \| www.wfs.org World Future Society
2016		16-01. Dow Jones will hit 40,000 \| David Elias
2020		20-01. Child malnutrition widespread without biotechnology intervention \| www.wfs.org World Future Society
2021		21-01. Neuroscientists demonstrate cerebral image capturing, turning memories into images \| www.smartbusinessmag.com Smart Business
2022		22-01. Consumption of artificial meats, vegetables, bread, and other foodstuffs. \| P .4 Strong Positive \| George Washington University
2025
2030		30-01. Over half of all U.S. adults will be 50 years or older \| Jack Peterson
2035		35-01. Economy / Government: Proliferation of "intelligent" robots eliminates vast work sectors in developed countries. \| P.7 Strong Negative: P, M \| [see forecast T30-01]
2040
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2050		50-01. Humanity could emerge into a period of rapid, but manageable, evolutionary growth