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[V8mate]

It's Friday... which got me thinking: what does the next thousand years hold for Earth?

Will people live in some amazing technological future, or will humans no longer exist at all?

Will various 'poor choices' mean that life looks more like it did back in 1017 - with a similar global population to back then too - or will Earth simply be one of a number of bases for huge, inter-galactic human race?

[DanielSan]

I can be certain of one thing, I'll be a fossil in the ground.

[Hoofy]

From the documentaries I've seen, there will be an increase in the use of velour in clothing.

[anonymous-user]

We'll either have:
A) died out (unlikely, as we've lasted this far)
B) had the global population drastically reduced by war/famine/disease to previously sustainable levels.
C) colonised other planets or developed other off-Earth ways of living.
We've got to. There simply isn't enough room at the inn.

[P-Jay]

I reckon not much will change, but we'll live under water, and your great-great-great-grandaugher will be pretty fine.

[Matt_N]

P-Jay said:

I reckon not much will change, but we'll live under water, and your great-great-great-grandaugher will be pretty fine.

Sounds like you've been to the year 3000.

[The Ferret]

Nuclear war, followed by rebuilding of the world from scratch.

Similar to the story played out in the Fallout games

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline

[The Moose]

My gut reaction was that the human race would have eradicated itself. Thinking about it however, as they say, nature always finds a way. I think large portions of the population will have eradicated themselves but fringe groups will be left - people in locations that are deemed to be not worth the effort. Either far enough away from civilization so as to be too much like hard work and avoiding fallout from war or too inhospitable to bother with. In my mind, this would be where the human race would survive.

Either v hot or v cold. Arctic circle, poss Oz etc.

[Zodiac M]

Guaranteed someone, somewhere in the cosmos will still think mentioning hammering frozen sausages into an adversary's lawn is at the cutting edge of humour..

[Monkeylegend]

I wonder if the techies will have sorted out the http thingy?

[funkyrobot]

More leased Golf R's on the road?

Phonesafe sorted out on here?

Edible socks?

The wktron 3000 - a man's best friend. Which will eradicate dogs, leaving cats to take over the world.

[funkyrobot]

Monkeylegend said:

I wonder if the techies will have sorted out the http thingy?

PH will be the only site left on http.

[trickywoo]

funkyrobot said:

More leased Golf R's on the road?

Nah - it'll be RS3s by then.

[matchmaker]

There's a song about it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic

[Monkeylegend]

Spurs might even have won the premiership by then.

[funkyrobot]

Robot Wars will be replaced by Robot wes. A whole new concept where sweaty geeks will line old industrial sites, all vying for the attention of robots that look like overweight Eastern European ladies.

Edited by funkyrobot on Friday 24th March 12:59

[funkyrobot]

Monkeylegend said:

Spurs might even have won the premiership by then.

Why do you have to ruin this thread with that tripe? Hopefully football will be eradicated by then.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

DanielSan said:

I can be certain of one thing, I'll be a fossil in the ground.

Highly unlikely. To be fossilised needs a set of circumstances that are actually very rare. That's why there a so few fossils compared to the numbers of things that have died.

[funkyrobot]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

DanielSan said:

I can be certain of one thing, I'll be a fossil in the ground.

Highly unlikely. To be fossilised needs a set of circumstances that are actually very rare. That's why there a so few fossils compared to the numbers of things that have died.

You need to be a public sector employee for a start.

[Cold]

I might have finished my project car by then. But I'm making no promises.