Do-It-Yourself (DIY) "wikiforesight" overtakes religion

Personal futures planning toolkits with “success stories” (e.g. how-to guides and case studies from experts and celebrities) become widely available and used. Social movements emerge, with individuals and civil society gr...

Radical Transparency by Wikileaks

How do we begin to make sense of Wikileaks, the Internet-based organization that publishes the secrets of governments and companies? What Wikileaks is, and whether it is good or bad for civil society, has become disputed terrai...

Intelligent nano becomes superior to humans

Nano-systems become 'self-sufficient' and computers and robots become superior to humans.

Global observation system leads to increased expolitation of ...

High resolution satellite images are available enabling the public to see anywhere on the planet in great detail. Such technology is abused as access to indecent images becomes more prevalent.

Genetically modified Stem Cells allow growth of organs for t ...

Stem Cells extracted at birth allow the effective treatment of ailments in the future. This is an expensive procedure and only the wealthy have access causing global healthcare chaos.

Data sharing means medical records are no longer confidential

The advent of legislation establishing that all data must be made public knowledge means that medical records are no longer confidential. People are afraid to go to the doctor as a result (new legislation is required to allevia...

Learning by computers severely affects communities ability t ...

Learning by computers severely affects the ability of people to engage properly and a generation of people is created that are unable to communicate effectively.

Cancerless Society

Breakthroughs in biomolecular research leads to highly effective, non-invasive treatments for targeted treatment of tumours

Disruption of society due to "immortality"

Disruption of society due to "immortality"