2040

In thirty years, life on Earth will be very different then what we are used to. Right now, we are accustomed to a post-industrial society. Everything we do in our everyday life has technology involved in some shape or form. I believe that the technology will only become more complex over the next thirty years. In thirty years, I predict, Earth will be technologically more advanced. This will lead to more robots, less jobs, and more control from the government.

On Earth, primarily in America, people are generally lazy. This will be the basis of the robotic era. Earth already has many robotic type machines that ultimately do the work for us. Most car manufacturing distributors no longer have humans making vehicles. Robots are cheaper, more efficient, and do not complain about long hours. This is great for the capitalists of the world and future robots; however, it is a disaster for the working class.

With the increase of machinery, a lot more people will suffer loss of jobs. Losing a job is damaging to the workers self-esteem, and in thirty years we will find many more people clinically depressed, over medicated, or incarcerated. The crime rate will increase, because people will be desperate to support their families. People will feel helpless and feel like they have lost control. This would be around the same time robots and the government will decide to take over the world.

In 2040, the government will control everything that goes on around us. They do to a large extent now and even in areas we are not aware of. Our armies will be composed of combat robots. This is a good thing because robots are expendable and I would rather lose a robot soldier that a real soldier with a real family. The only aspect of this that concerns me is that the government will have control of these warrior robots. This could be devastating if used in inappropriate ways. If Switzerland decides not to share its cheese with the cheese-loving general, he might send Optimus Prime to mess them up! If the state of Georgia decides to vote Republican again, we are goners. The control of the government will mean less control form us. We will lose our constitutional rights and gain robotic animosity.

2040 will be a tough time for Earth. It will juggle a robotic empire, deal with irate individuals with no jobs, and be taken over by a spineless, emotionless and heartless government and of course the robots. In thirty years, I will be almost sixty years old. Probably still alive (crosses fingers) and also potentially jobless. The thought of all this, sounds like it could be the next blockbuster hit of a predicable apocalyptic movie. Society underestimates the reality of it. We are like teenagers, invincible, never acknowledging that bad things can happen to us. It is very possible and likely that in thirty years, robots will be apart of our everyday life; good or bad. Yes, you will lose your job to a machine and of course robots (controlled by the government) are going to rule the world. "Roll out!"