And now for today’s little ray of sunshine, courtesy of the British Defense Ministry.
Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx’s proletariat. The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132%, while Europe’s drops as fertility falls. “Flashmobs” - groups rapidly mobilised by criminal gangs or terrorists groups.
This is the world in 30 years’ time envisaged by a Ministry of Defence team responsible for painting a picture of the “future strategic context” likely to face Britain’s armed forces.
But of course, we all know that Star Trek technology will show up and save us all, and that by 2015 we’ll be driving flying cars and cruising around on hoverboards. By 2037, we should easily have all these problems - energy shortages, global warming, rising global terrorism, falling literacy rates, social unrest - under control.
I mean, who are you going to trust - the military, or Hollywood?
Oh, wait.. Hollywood is getting the clue, too.
(It’s a wonderful film, by the way. Be sure to see it sometime soon.)
