How will the future be? 5 possible scenarios and their consequences
The future. Where are we going? What will the future look like, which seems closer every year? Thanks to the new technological revolution that is taking place today, society could experience a significant and exponential change. From the way we transport ourselves, to the culinary habits we have.
Humanity has historically been characterized by the impetus to look beyond, to imagine, dream and create a world often fictional to give even a meaning to life. We also assume that, no matter how many forecasts and analyzes we make, the future can only be measured by trends, the experts warn.
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The most likely scenarios of the future
Taking into account the comments in the introduction, in the following lines we will present a series of scenarios based especially on current trends, which are those that can show a better image of what awaits us.
1. Health
Already today, multinational companies are striving every day to offer a model of behavior that helps improve our health status because, as psychologists warn, it helps our physical and mental wellbeing. Nutrition, sports and technology come together to contribute to it .
Smart sports clothing that adapts to changing environmental conditions. If we are running down the mountain with short-sleeved clothes and it starts to rain, the textile fabrics will adapt to our body avoiding wetting.
Microchips inserted in our body that will help us regulate various aspects of the human body, such as: heart rate, sleep conciliation, toxic versus healthy calories, physical effort required, amount of alcohol ingested. Firms such as Apple or Samsung, already work to offer products that meet these needs.
2. Intelligent decoration
The future does not forgive even the most traditional of traditions, the decoration of real estate . How do we intend to decorate our homes in the future? Although the current fashion has opted for the vintage style in the furniture, the future prepares us endless options and modalities to design our living room without moving a finger.
Virtual reality will be responsible for responding to such a need, since instruments derived from this technology will recreate scenes as vivid as reality: Christmas setting, retro room, ornamentation by projectors, etc. All this will benefit an easy change of home image, while we will save on environmental materials.
3. Security
Crime is a major concern in the Western world. In countries such as Brazil, the United States or India, the rate of crime and theft is very high. Home invasions and theft of motor vehicles are the main victims.
Luckily (or unfortunately), companies such as Siemens, IBM or Tesla are developing smart microchips that are synchronized with our body . Through the pulsations of the heart, the blood group or the sugar level of our body, these intelligent keys will be able to detect if we are the owners of the goods to which it is intended to be used.
4. Globalized society
What will the future be like at the level of societies? The decade of the eighties and nineties, coinciding with the end of the Cold War, supposed an agreement between the dominant powers to integrate a global economic-financial system that has directly affected our culture, society and values.
That is, countries around the world, thanks to the free circulation of products (open economy) and people (Schengen agreements, among others) have led to greater knowledge among the different cultures of the world, but at the same time It has meant that we share clothing, culinary and leisure habits.
We all wear the same pants, the same haircuts, we see the same movies, we listen to the same music, we practice the same sports and we drive the same cars.
5. Robotic socialization
ANDThe future is marked by the increasingly abundant presence of cyborg products that will accompany us in our day to day . From the intelligent robots that will help us in domestic tasks, to the robots that will keep us company if we are alone. Loneliness is an obvious problem and this fact could be the solution.
Another challenge of the future is the family model. Men and women have less and less time to dedicate to the care of children, work many kilometers away or make business trips very often.Well, humanoids can substitute this absence taking care of children, pets or elderly people in their case.
We must not forget that, although beneficial on the one hand, the presence of these robotic elements can be a problem at work, for example. The replacement of human labor by mechanics will mean that 25% of the active population will not be inserted into the labor market, according to Google.
