Future

The news these days is filled with intimations of catastrophe. Will the approaching decline in worldwide petroleum reserves cause wars and famine? Have we caused global warming, and if so, will we suffer unimaginable climate change? These are just two of the ghosts that haunt our misty visions of the future.
Earlier generations had their own ghosts. Most of us can well remember the fear of nuclear holocaust, and I have often thought about that dark period from about 1940 to 1942, when it must have seemed to any rational observer that all of civilization was about to destroy itself.
Looking into the deep future, astrophysicists predict that our sun will someday turn into a red giant not unlike Betelgeuse, the huge red star on Orion's left shoulder. When this happens its diameter will rapidly expand out beyond the orbit of the Earth, utterly incinerating our entire planet.
Fortunately this disaster lies some five billion years in the future, so few people stay up at night worrying about it.
How can we weigh all of the factors describing an anticipated future disaster, to determine what is worth worrying about? How do we balance the size of a potential disaster against its depth in the future and the certainty of our knowledge? These are questions we can answer, concluding with a troubling example: the potential disruption of the oceanic currents due to global warming.
by Loren Cobb
You must toe the line -- Everyone must follow all the rules
Don't drag your feet -- Don't delay - get to work
You should brush up on it -- You need to study and learn this
This is for keeps -- This is it - no changes - no getting out.
Grass is greener on the other side of the fence -- Other things always look easier
You must hang in there -- Keep trying
He's out of date -- He is living in the past
Put on your thinking cap -- Give this some serious thought
What does the future hold?
Where do you plan on going to college?
What type of job would you like to do in the future? How do you get that type of job? Will you make much money in that job?
Do you want to get married?
Do you know whom you are marrying?
How can we preserve the future for the next generation?
How will computers change in the future?
How will cell phones change in the future?
How will transportation develop in future times?
How old will people live to be in the future?
What kind of developments might happen in health care in the future?
Could there be another world war in the future? How can we prevent a world war from happening?
Where do you plan to go in the future?
Can fortune-tellers predict the future?
Is it possible to know the future?
What will the future be like?
Who invented the very first computer?
Where did the word 'robot' come from?
Will robots replace humans?
Will robots take our jobs?
How will the development of robots that think change your future?
Imagine the job you wish to hold when you get older ? Can a robot be programmed to do that job as well as you?
A film like The Matrix has explored the idea that we might be living in virtual reality. But what evidence is there for or against this hypothesis? And what are its implications?
Can you think of movies that have robots in them? Did you enjoy this movie?