What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968)
The 2008 story was an interesting predict of future. Now is 2008, the prediction in the story has been partially realized. flat TV, e-book, internet are very common in the modern society. Average miles travelled per capita is over 3000 miles each year. People make video conference easily. Telecommunication is trivial even people in remote area of Nepal hold a mobile to talk with each other. Modern communication technology transformed the world into a new era. However, modern society faces environmental problems, such as global warming, polluted air, new unknown diseases. Modern society is not a heaven. DNA technology, Bioengineering become the next possible boost of human being living standard. With the aid of extremely high computational power, DNA researches move up to another level. In another 40 years time, the world may become full of new bioengineered stuffs. Bio-computer, DNA treatment may be trivial then and people may renew their organs, body parts whenever it is necessary. Li...