Social

The future of SOCIAL 
Products of all kinds will be customised 
Infrastructures will be self monitoring, using smart materials and sensors. 
Factory manufactured housing will be the norm 
English still the global language 
Numerous world-wide virtual communities 
World-wide popular culture, regardless of government intervention 
On line voting 
Electronic shopping for many products will be the norm 
National decisions influenced by electronic referenda 
World population > 7.5 billion 
Average age in advanced nations will be 41 
Migration regulated by international law 
State pensions on a need only basis 
More recreation and leisure time in middle classes 
Still mass starvation in 3rd world 
Rise of secular substitutes for religion, such as network based groups 
Electronic newspaper to households 
Various forms of electronic addiction will be a big problem 
Replacement of people leads to anti-technology subculture 
Power will be held more by corporations than by countries 
Some cybernations will exist which have significant economic muscle 
Many people will have nationality of both geonation and cybernation 
3rd world technology highly vulnerable to 1st world hackers
==External Links==
* Social Futures Observatory
Category:Social