2112

I have often been described as a pessimist, however I see myself as a realist. Therefore, I'm going to state what is the most probable scenario for the year 2012: the human race will no longer exist. Yes, my prediction is quite sad and disheartening, but given the current conditions of the world and the predictions of experts, this is the most likely situation 100 years from now. Firstly, one has to take a look at what the predicted population will be in 2112. Experts are set currently on a number around 20 billion. Now, that's an unbelievable amount of people. In just 100 years the population will increase by 13 billion. And as of now, we as a species are struggling to keep our current population healthy and nourished enough. Sure, there will be a number of interesting and breakthrough pieces of technology, however it would be nothing short of a miracle for these problems to be fixed by any advances down the road. But then again, I could be wrong. But if I am correct, there is no doubt that the human species will be forced to eliminate members. And even if we as a species chose not to eliminate extra humans (which would be the noble thing to do), there would most likely be a pandemic to wipe out a great number of people anyway.

Furthermore, one only has to look at the current state of world affairs to realize that the human race is on the highway to extinction. Given the current uprisings and the corruption found in politics and in international negotiations, the governments will struggle to control the people, and therefore chaos will eventually ensue. This chaos will create havoc and a degradation of the order the human species needs.