2011 - present. The global financial system has begun its unparalleled descent, social unrest, air of revolution.
2021 - The calls for revolution are muted subversively by suicided activists. Nano-technology developed by the flourishing private war industry also plays a part in assassinations to mask the cause of death of activists/judges/politicians. This will be a steady/increasing erosion of those who support human rights which stand in the way of a cheap end product. Evolution will respond as directed. Science will be harnessed to better product design/capability, and the impetus of science that is the desire to "decode the unknown" will become a small-scale, subversive, and dangerous act. The internet will begin splintering off into personal server space powered by plug computers owned by each individual. Most of your appliances will have some internet connectivity, if, for now, only on a trivial scale. Simultaneously, we'll be seeing the beginning of the 3d printing revolution. Industry responds by beginning to limit the availability of raw materials to the public, only making them available cheaply for large/corporatized producers. Some materials will be so cheap and ubiquitous (ie clay/mud/reconstituted trash), a new aesthetic of "cheap" will emerge for homebrew products. This patchwork of cheap/free materials will come to define a generation of angry citizens. As for the historical vehicle of social change, voting is known far and wide as being a very corrupt practice, yet the corruption therein remains mostly vocally unchallenged. Military tensions between Israel and the US become strained as vast numbers of Palestinians are hunted down and slaughtered in the streets of Gaza. Chinese whistleblowers release video of Chinese soldiers in IDF fatigues, as well as chinese policing tech.
2031 - Many US cities including Madison, WI, Detroit, and Los Angeles are smouldering ghost towns undergoing reconstruction by autonomous large-scale 3d printers. Genetically modified algae is being used to suck up the radiation and Cesium delivered by the blasts. All icons of nationalistic pride remain for posterity and for use in sports/games, but all laws have been synchonized, and the leaders of said countries must all be voted in by the Global Governing Body. The Earth is a patchwork of interconnected interests all joined at the top. The "war on violence" and the surveillance technology associated with it has pushed guerilla groups to more insidious methods of extermination including but not limited to the deployment of silent neuro-toxins, electronic systems disruption. In the public eye, the social climate remains stressed, yet manageable. Focused efforts in nano-technology, artificial intelligence and robotics have reached a level of maturity that is sweeping the past away rapidly. Humans see their ever-changing environments with a sense of mutability and detachment. Normal living conditions for the middle-class are 3 or 4 to a kids-room sized space. Combined families all share the same space in cities, and vast swaths of countryside are autonomously maintained/farmed for maximum profit, while supporting minimum labor costs. You're likely to be stopped and searched if you attempt to transport yourself far outside your city via automobile.
2041 - Though little in the political atmosphere has changed for the better, the mood begins to lighten, the heavy-handed security presence of previous decades has now blended more seamlessly into our environments. Nano-tech vaccines are commonplace, subtle changes to the human mind are noticeable with each new generation of childhood vaccine. Puberty now occurs between the ages of 5-7 for most girls, and 8-10 for most boys.
2051 - I'm
2061 - Tired
2071 - of
2081 - typing
2091 -
2111 - we're all dead
