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- Ang Perrier
- Stacy, MN
- United States
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Projections for the next 20 years
Based on current global trends, financial, military, social, technological, etc... what are your predictions of what the next 20 years will have in store for your country, state, business, world, or all the above??
Compare what you think will happen to what you hope will happen.
The end of this conversation is drawing near. The theme of which has been very much what I thought it would be. Every one of us can pin point the problems of today that will lead us into a dismal future unless rectified. None of us here on TED has the "power" required to solve these problems. Individually we are far too powerless. Take a look at the size of this online community, there aren't very many of us. We are the people who choose to discuss, debate, and challenge each other. If our need to speak out and communicate about substantial issues was being satisfied completely in our daily lives many of us would not be registered in an online community seeking other like minded individuals who will care about the thoughts we think. An ignorant complacency has been epidemically spreading for too long and feels irreversible which makes the future seem a dark and dreary place. My optimism lies in the fact that we all get "it", we know, we understand, but in order for anything to come out of this understanding of what changes need to be made and what the end result has to be for all of us we need to buckle down and do something. I'm in no way trying to make that a personal attack statement, I don't feel as though we're all standing idly by as everything happens to us.
There were numerous comments suggesting that something big is speeding toward us, a game changer, a war, a revolution, a revelation, a...something. Whatever "it" is I just hope that we can discuss, debate, and challenge each other to become empowered individuals with answers as opposed to a list of problems.
Closing Statement from Ang Perrier
Thank you for all the contributions :)
Aug 9 2013: I think we need to change the whole system if we are to survive the next 2 - 3 years.
Ang Perrier
Aug 31 2013: The end of this conversation is drawing near. The theme of which has been very much what I thought it would be. Every one of us can pin point the problems of today that will lead us into a dismal future unless rectified. None of us here on TED has the "power" required to solve these problems. Individually we are far too powerless. Take a look at the size of this online community, there aren't very many of us. We are the people who choose to discuss, debate, and challenge each other. If our need to speak out and communicate about substantial issues was being satisfied completely in our daily lives many of us would not be registered in an online community seeking other like minded individuals who will care about the thoughts we think. An ignorant complacency has been epidemically spreading for too long and feels irreversible which makes the future seem a dark and dreary place. My optimism lies in the fact that we all get "it", we know, we understand, but in order for anything to come out of this understanding of what changes need to be made and what the end result has to be for all of us we need to buckle down and do something. I'm in no way trying to make that a personal attack statement, I don't feel as though we're all standing idly by as everything happens to us.
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There were numerous comments suggesting that something big is speeding toward us, a game changer, a war, a revolution, a revelation, a...something. Whatever "it" is I just hope that we can discuss, debate, and challenge each other to become empowered individuals with answers as opposed to a list of problems.
Marcus Cake
Aug 10 2013: We are in a 'trapped transition' between two economic development stages - the Information Age ends with Centralised stagnation. The next stage 'Wisdom Networks' crowd creates distributed prosperity. We may be trapped in transition for another 15 years.
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The community (or crowd) has been building the foundation for distributed prosperity for decades - the first three elements data (internet 30 years), information (world wide web 15 years), community (social networks 10 years) ... the next three elements to be distributed are collaboration, knowledge and wisdom will be achieved in less than 5 years with wisdom networks.
In the Information Age, our technology allows point to point communication. Reach increased from near to far. Speed increased to instant. Our society developed tools based on point to point communication that included hierarchies, centralised knowledge and decision making. The internet has sped up the status quo with neglible productivity benefit. These tools don't scale and are failing to deliver global prosperity, productivity or equality.
IF we restructure communities FROM point to point communication and its centralised form in the physical world TO peer to peer collaboration and distributed contribution over the internet, THEN it solves huge problems resulting from Information Age structures and delivers a new era of productivity, growth and distributed prosperity.
Wisdom Networks are an elective singularity and reshape the status quo using the peer to peer structure of the internet and achieving a rapid jump in productivity, potential output (18.2% to 55%), productive work time (28% to 50-75%) and usher in the new era of prosperity. This is the overdue third revolution in economic development.
I predict that distributed prosperity will be enabled in less than 2 years with less than 30 networks and 900 people and it will transform the world within 5 years ( http://is.gd/wnimwww ). Citizens will demand societies are organised like Facebook.
Aug 26 2013: You paint a very intricate picture. The stages you're referring to, I've never heard of that before but I can absolutely see this playing out. We'll finally utilize the internet for something far more substantial than we have been since its debut.Aug 31 2013: Inter-species understanding , that's where futures at !
Sep 2 2013: That would be awesome. :)Aug 28 2013: Based on current trends, we will likely see:
- The accelerated expansion of technological unemployment.
- The increased use of robot-assisted surgery.
- Custom, genetics-based medications and therapies.
- Regional farm towers (20 to 50 stories tall), which grow food hydroponically to feed local populations.
- Micro-manufacturing plants, which can produce small batches of custom or semi-custom goods as needed.
- Textbook-free schools, where the digital "books" can be updated with the latest information nearly instantaneously.
- Driverless vehicles, which could likely reduce or eliminate traffic jams and accidents, and increase relaxation and productivity.
- An increased use of nanotechnology, perhaps going so far as to have swarms of "nanobots" descend upon a garbage dump, and systematically break it down at the molecular level, recycling virtually everything.
- The further development of a "space elevator," which could sharply reduce the costs of transporting materials into orbit.
Overall, though, I see sustainability as the overarching issue, both for the next 20 years, and the decades that follow. I do not think that our current global system can or will provide all that our planet can for all of its residents. In other words, I believe that the Earth has enough resources to comfortably feed, clothe, shelter, and - by extension - educate the billions that are already here. We need a different way of managing our resources. How this might be done is a very complex question, but one that I think can be answered by pooling our minds and collective desires for a better way of life.
Aug 31 2013: So what you're saying is that we need a solution not another band aid for all of our resource problems? :)
Dhanush kodi
Sep 3 2013: I feel that there is a need to re-visit the current world order. Come up with a rational new world order, chart out a plan to ensure that the world optimises its resources, develops in a rational way, rather than getting suppressed / being colonised.
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Like how the Internet has been able to be a wonderful leveler, where there are hardly any disparities, the new world order should seamlessly be available to all, without any big-brother attitude.
Intellectual forums like TED have a great role to play there in pooling the views and help give direction
Hence, debates like this are absolutely the way to go
Sep 4 2013: Can't agree more. And more and more people, feel the same way.
It will evolve towards that eventually.
As illustrated by Ramez Naam:
" [...] We keep on acting in the way we have, pumping carbon into the atmosphere, warming the planet, acidifying the oceans, hunting fish towards the brink of extinction, depleting the last fossil water buried under our lands. On that path, we'll eventually come to realize that we've made a mistake. When the rivers and wells run dry, when we can no longer find the type of fish we used to eat, when the corals we used to admire have all bleached, when droughts and floods and storms wreck our cities and fields, then we'll realize that we've taken the wrong path.
And then we'll respond."
It is going to get interesting for sure. As in life, it is the journey that makes it worth it, not the ends. Hopefully it will be a journey with a minimum amount of suffering. Be prepared and stay strong, I would say. In case we end up in the wheel of time scenario:
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Frank Barry
Aug 25 2013: Commerce will change.
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Wall Street will be shuttered, until Transparency is guaranteed.
Limited Liability Laws will be rescinded by Congress.
Articles of Incorporation will be made to contain an integrity clause.
Nomads will take their revenge,
They will do so by development of Drones, Missile Delivery Systems
with Nuclear Warheads that can pinpoint and hit a target within 1 meter.
Revenge Wars as are being conducted today will sicken people, and
they will stop their Geographical Governments from making War upon
other nation's shores, and lying to their peoples to get their support.
Geographical Governments will begin to decline, as Laws and Justice, and
their required Regulators and Enforcers slide into Consensus Government,
slated to become world-wide within 50 years.
Need for Central Banking world-wide will be eliminated and Money saved
through Non-War economies will raise standards of living world-wide.
Consensus Government will declare Banking illegal.
Money saved from War Making will be used to build Green Infrastructure's
providing more jobs than can be imagined.
Geographical Government Corruption will replace murder as the No.1 crime.
The Arms Industry will be deemed illegal and immoral, dismantled, and all
Weapons destroyed.
The United Nations will be re-formatted, much like a computer.
I hope that when this happens, we can find out which pockets
those Spoils of War went into, over these last 80 years.
I hope the Bankers can find employment building infrastructures.
I hope the Bush, Clinton, and Obama families do too.
They will need the work.
One can only hope.Aug 22 2013: As I read through the comments I was saddened that many of the comments were about the baby boomers dying in order to make things better .... if the tea party dies .... when the old people are gone .... I fully accept that this is a extremely liberal site .... but wishing death on people to get your way is not nice and speaks poorly of the future.
I am concerned that many programs are being rushed into without a great deal of thought. Radical changes in power production without a real plan in place is .... stupid. Radical changes in the whole medical system without even reading the proposal is .... stupid. To implement welfare (social) programs without funding is .... stupid. To allow government to continue to grow beyond the ability to fund it is ... stupid. To allow the fed to operate without controls is ... stupid. To operate under a Keynesian economic theory allowing to spend past income is ... stupid.
If these are the wave of the future and the means of governing the country then both the near and far future are in danger of total collapse.
Considerable damage has been done. Working in small corrections for a extended amount of time will be required. The impact on the future cannot be predicted. The major factors are religious and political. The march toward socialism / communism will eliminate religion and dictate known politics.
Life in the USA has and will always be altered. Civil strife, anarchy, and wars are foreseeable.
We have failed to learn from history ... and are therefore doomed to repeat the errors made before us.
Sorry for the bummer forecast ... but it follows a historical pattern.
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Aug 22 2013: I have ... please be specific .... at least try to refute any of the above ... other than calling me a conservative .... by the way I am a Independent and attempt to look at all issues without the restrictions of a political platform.Aug 22 2013: Wow. You really should lay off the kool ade. Do not put words in my mouth. You are not even close.
Stop trying to make things up and read the post without all of your filters.
Out spending your income is a no brainer ... dumb. Passing any law without reading iot is a no brainer ... dumb. Committing to any program without funding is a no brainer ... dumb.
Not understanding basic economics .... inexcusable.Aug 22 2013: Wow .... once again your error. If you look I denied it all.Aug 22 2013: Since I have already stated my objections and you have failed to read them .... or to understand them ... we have a communications problem and I shall not continue .... I always look forward to TED exchanges but will not waste time with someone stuck in one agenda ..... good luck
Mike Colera
Aug 24 2013: Robert,
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Maybe, these youngsters are correct. What good is all the wisdom gained through experience? So, I say, we should go away.. maybe not passing over, just.... fishing. Let these youngsters make all these liberal ideas come to fore. I mean, don't they know better then all our experiences have taught us? Sure, they are smarter then us! Just ask them. And, they won't make all the stupid mistakes that we did. Just ask them.
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Aug 25 2013: Maybe we should. British researchers have noted a drop in IQ since 1850. And it's beginning to show, I look today and I see contemporary adults (18 -54) more and more relying on technology to amuse and plan and direct their lives. Those that do manage to attain some level of education are more devoted to great social causes then those practical endeavors that could do more for social issues then all the flowery prose of today. The biggest jokes are they claim great new solutions to problems such as fossil fuels etc... when a moment at the library would show them it's mostly all "been there, done that". No the IQ is falling faster then even the Brits imagined.Aug 21 2013: having read the all the posts below.... i would say great projections guys but is that all what the world or we instead needs? How about some more of love between every human? I don;t know about technology but the day every human really wakes up and realizes every person's value, i bet the would become exactly the way it looks from space - united !
Aug 22 2013: Aah, you remind me of the Bette Midler song...."From a distance".
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Have you heard it?
Aug 22 2013: I hadn't but was pleased to.... Thanx a ton Mary... :D
Aug 22 2013: You are very welcome.
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Bruce Gao
Aug 17 2013: i wish there is peaceful in the worldAug 11 2013: I believe we are at the verge of a fundamental societal choice. From my perspective it boils down to the question: do we believe that we can live abundantly or not? We are building technology that enables us to do so, but today our economic perspective is one of 'crisis', basically because our economic system has touched its limits.
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If we focus on the lack of things ('crisis') and don't change our economic system, from my perspective, you can expect to see a societal dysfunction (I dislike the word collapse). Today, a large majority of people go to work to earn money to pay for their needs. Our technological advancements though are increasingly replacing the need of human labour
(take a look at the research of 2 MIT professors on this: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/)
In short, this means fewer and fewer people will have an income to pay for their basic needs, pushing the middle class into poverty and crumbling our fiscal systems that have built our societies. I let you fill in the dots what impact this has on a societal level.
Another avenue over the next years is to implement monetary and public policies that enable this technological advancement for the good of people. It is possible. One avenue that was proposed by Martin Ford was one of a tax redistribution system based on the number of people you employed. In short: technology driven companies would pay higher taxes than 'human' driven companies. Another avenue is to provide everybody with a basic income to fullfil his/her basic needs and work from there.
The first step is simple though: creating the awareness that abundance is possible if we want it to. If we do not do that, our biology will work against us (fear in your limbic brain will create fight, flight or freeze mechanisms) and we'll end up in a technological dystopia.
Aug 12 2013: Bruno: I believe that the real basis of the advanced comfortable level of civilization which, though battered, we still enjoy , was due to 150 years of cheap and abundant coal and oil power. Which is now fading, and getting too expensive . If we want abundance, rather than Life Support , we are going to have to find replacement sources. "Renewables" are not it., basically because they are too expensive for mass use. Luckily the problem was solved 40 years ago, with the invention and demonstration of a safe form of nuclear fission power, a secret design of an aircraft engine, powered by a Liquid fueled Thorium Molten Salt.(LFTR) It does not have all the downsides of the existing nuclear Uranium plants. No fuel rods, no steam, no high pressures, or explosions. The power is cheaper than coal, and Thorium is plentiful , and widely distributed. The reasons we have not been using this for the last 40 years are complex, but largely political and financial. But it's not too late, natural gas will give us a generation or two to figure out why we have not been using the obvious solution to the Energy (Wealth) problem.
Aug 12 2013: Shawn, I agree that the fossil fuel era has propelled us forward.I looked into Thorium and it indeed shows to be a valid "safe" alternative for uranium, thanks for this! From my point of view, energy is not the bottleneck on wealth/abundance, it's the monetary/economic system in which the energy provision is plugged. Sure, natural gases will enable us to bridge a part of the gap, but in the mean time we are hurting our ecosystem for short term (monetary) gains.
From that perspective, the problem is that negative (non monetary) externalities of an activity are "processed" via market economics: only if people find environmental damage that important to be willing to pay more for an alternative or leave the incumbent one, market forces will be positive towards that alternative. Sad and contrary to a logic of living in abundance...
Don Anderson
Aug 9 2013: :)
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Deep sea rare mineral mining will be a major growth industry, and lead to the first floating ocean city.
Russia and Snowden will start a NSA proof internet service, and will quickly become the largest internet provider in the world. ;)
Mexico will have trouble dealing with the massive number of immigrants coming from America looking for freedom and the Mexican dream.
Or houses will become smarter, but our cars will still be smarter than our houses. But that's ok because our cars and houses will be able to talk to each other.
Aug 25 2013: Deep sea rare mineral mining? What are these minerals used for?
A floating ocean city, makes me think of Waterworld with Kevin Costner. :)Sep 5 2013: Think globally and act locally. Live simply so that others can simply live. Reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, refuse, remediate and replenish. Value our natural capital and reduce the dependency on transporting goods and food. This will extend the capacity of the world to adjust to change. You will not get governments or business telling you to do this.
Jay Swartz
Sep 4 2013: I posit that every response so far is a potential future state, each with a probability of occurrence. Some futures have higher probability, but random events can bring an unlikely situation into reality and obviate higher probability futures. This is why it's impossible to predict the future in detail; you would have to know of all future chance events that change the probabilities.
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This said, there are clear trends that influence the probability of what the world will become. While there are many (all of which could radically change the future and as noted above have the potential to render more likely trends moot), I feel there are four interrelated trends that will have the most impact: population growth, water shortages, environmental change, and exponential advances in technology.
In 20 years there will be an additional 1.5B people on Earth, bringing the population to 8.5B+. Growth is slowing, but with 7B+ already here, it is inevitable. To provide just the incremental food and shelter will be painful, and in some geographies disastrous.
Earth is 71% covered in water, but just 1% is available fresh water, created by the hydrologic cycle. Humanity has been diverting increasing volumes of fresh water from this cycle, resulting in negative impacts in other cycles. Water availability will shape economies and populations.
The evidence that emissions from burning fossil fuel and deforestation have changed climates cannot be denied, but humanity will continue to put economic growth ahead of addressing this issue. The unknown is how rapid and severe the changes will be.
The accelerating rate of technology advances has the potential to solve some or all of the issues above, but will bring new issues to bear. Barriers to our understanding of all aspects of science are falling at an ever increasing rate. Our expanding command of the physical world will give us ever more control. For example, by 2033 death will no longer be inevitable, for those who can afford it.
Simon Le
Sep 4 2013: I don't have time to go through your conversation, but I have to recommend you to read the book "Physic of the future" by Dr. Kaku. It covers a very wide range of topic. The audio version of its runs for 16 hours. You should read or hear it.
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Sep 4 2013: Thanks for the recommendation :)
Dhanush kodi
Sep 3 2013: The whole world is going to see many changes like never before. These changes are going to be propelled by
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i) Technological Innovations
ii) Economic Realities : - Redistribution of Wealth and Re-Configuring of Trade & Commerce
iii) Political Instabilities across the world
iv) Influence of Demography in Development, Trade, Commerce and Power
v) Revised definition of the World order
The Bottom of the Pyramid Population, Business Potential on account of the more number of those in the Bottom of the Pyramid will influence most of the changes, along with technology.
Technological Breakthroughs in Nano Technogy, Genome, Bio Chemical / Bio Mechanical, Information & Communication will lead the change.
There is a likely hood of chaos on account of re-definition of Economic Activities influenced more by the countries like China, Mexico, Africa, India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Gulf Region than the currently developed world of the USA, Europe, Japan etc. Such chaos could become more complex to manage / contain.
Fossil Fuel, Drinking Water would become largely contentious items and influence the chaos.
Qualitative Improvements across the world would be minimal. The Real relevance of the Internet would have been understood.
World over, extensive use of Technology would be seen in the Education space.
On the whole, the first 10 years are like to be largely going through turbulent times, with the stock markets constantly under strain, not much clear direction emerging. The second 10 years would largely attain maturity and direction. If not managed properly, world over, there will be awkward situations.
The Need of the hour : A Real World Governing Forum, not like the current UN. The new World Governing forum should represent the current realities of the world, not try to hold on to its legacy, which is no longer relevant.
Sep 3 2013: Replying your opinion about new world governing forum, its really can happen because of the changing of the world power to the next developed country which many of nato country member that getting economics crisis, and of course US which has many debts,losing much money for war and getting economics crisis. But iam still not sure US will go down because they still has many oil stock, and if the jewish don't want US lost their power, US will still stand even in dark hour.Back to topic,the current world power will change to the new economics giant beacuse economics power really critical
btw nice analysis mate bad format cause replying using phone
Sep 4 2013: Thanks Andrew!
I deliberately avoided polarised views, as I felt touching upon those would remove the focus from other real / critical requirements.
When UN was formed, the world had an entirely different set of realities which were relevant at that point in time. Now those assumptions need to be revisited entirely and current realities need to be factored for formulating the relevant / revised world order
One important aspect to be focused on : What should be the basis for the power equation - relative position - of the various countries? Should it be political strength? Or should it be Military Strength? Or should it be economic? Should it be Education? Should it be Technology? I think the list could be endless. I keep an open mind for ideas.
Zahrul Azha
Aug 30 2013: Our natural resources become depleted and the over growing human population may induce a greater strain to the limited production of food supply. I believe that if this cardinal issue is not being catered well started from now, a bloody war can be anticipated for a piece of pie. Although we acknowledge that our scientist already embarked on the research for a better solution, the will power of political side still play as a vital force to expedite the process or vice versa.
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As for my country, I still have great faith as our resources and food supply are still intact. However, the food supply tends to diminishing as the demand for palm oil increases. The booming property sector also demanding for more land. This has resulted to the mass clearing of the forest reserve and the conversion of agriculture land. The trend keeps on increases.
To be honest, I'm not sure if the next 20 years will be better. We as the present community must do our part regardless of small or huge contribution in order to provide a better or close to better future.Aug 30 2013: Life as we know it in an evolutionary process. Nothing remains the same. This is a personal view base on knowledge acquired. If you stop and try to eliminate what a man of many word said and quote" Don't let the Chatter distract you". It all makes sense. It is imposible not to accept that today we are at point A and tomorrow we may be at point B or C. It all depends on the individual's focus and choice. You decide to stand still and confide that other(s) will do for you.... so cahnges still occur but whose benefit? I extrapolate that we all must play the role we came into this world to play and not intend to play the role give or pursue by some else. As I was told once, no everyone can be a horse racing Jokey or a Doctor, or a Lawyer, we came to perform a role. So, let us get to it.
Aug 31 2013: What happens when the role you were born to play is eliminated?
Rohit Singh
Aug 30 2013: Life will change, is for certain. The velocity of change, though, is unlikely to match that of the last 3-4 decades. Its inherent as human beings or any being for that matter to resist change. Or at least be apprehensive towards it. But if you come to think about it judiciously, you will agree to appreciating the changes that life underwent since before you were born, till today. We all will agree, in one way or another. To an extent or less. But agree we will.
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(I know we have a school of thought that says life was simpler once. Not very long ago. But what is debatable is whether it was better. Better, for that matter, is subjective to opinion!)
Now the question i want to ask is, why then we frown upon what is yet to come? Why do we say nay, to what we don't know about? Why can't we take it in our stride and give change a direction. Because that, we can do. That's in our control. What is to happen - not so much.
Why waste life, moping around, trying to fill heads with apprehensions about times to come? I have observed a trend in most people, and i know i am generalizing, but then i am just trying to make a point here. People as they go further in life, tend to become more pessimistic. I think it is just how the human mind works. We justify what we undertook once and we support our actions with circumstantial evidence and explanations. But we tend to shoot things down and share a word of caution or two, when we look at the youth doing something that we define as "reckless". This is true: in life, technology and business. Think about it.
Personally, i believe that life and the world around it at large has changed for better. Even with all its complexities, its imperfections, its drawbacks, life is still loved. It is still worth living. Perhaps more than ever.
So choose to believe in what is to come. Chose to trust. Have faith. I know i do. If you can influence and give it a sense of meaning and a direction, do it. But while you do, mean well. I know, i try.
Aug 31 2013: I'm not trying to justify a pessimistic attitude but as we travel through our lives we tend to observe the number of people not learning from mistakes. Whether it be mistakes that they've made personally or someone else, whether it's from ignoring the lessons that history was supposed to teach us, or what have you. It's frustrating and some of the outcomes can be devastating for a great many people.Aug 28 2013: If it isnt broken, then they will break and rebuild it again to best fit the minds of the future that will most likely be focused on survival and progressive evolution.Aug 26 2013: In the next 20 years, I think and hope we will begin a re-sensitizing process that will cause us to reconnect with our souls. The quest for speed will be less important, and we will begin to enjoy the journey. We will see less focus on these tech startups that are creating nothing more than distractions.
Aug 31 2013: YAY!!!! I would love to see that happen :)
Gord G
Aug 23 2013: The next twenty years will unfold according to what we think. Change what we think and the next twenty years will follow. We imagine our future into being. Somehow the self evident is lost in the lure of aggrandized fantasy.
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Aug 23 2013: However inevitably we categorize our thinking into what we feel will happen regardless of what we want, and what we actually want to happen ends up being thought of as wishful thinking.
Joshua Bond
Aug 22 2013: Whatever happens over the next 20 years, it is bound to be driven by accelerated uncertainty.
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Faster technology developments will continue to shift power balances, unpredictable weather patterns will affect food production, and an increasingly volatile and fragile economic system will up the ante generally.
All this will result in people becoming more scared which will drive them psychologically to behave from baser survival instincts. In turn a scared and needy population will "invite" strong leaders to emerge to sort out the mess and bring some sense of stability; however, this will come at a price - democracy.
How much people will trade in their democratic rights in order for some strong (or puppet) leader to assure them that everything will be O.K, remains to be seen - the passing of the Patriot Act after 9-11 is not a good sign.
Any wild card of some global disaster happening (mass disease, economic melt-down, catastrophic climate change) will only add impetus to the emergence of a global dictator who will seize the opportunity in the ensuing outcry and chaos (viz Russia in 1989).
That's my pessimistic view;
I also have an optimistic view. We will at last get some spiritually and psychologically mature sane leaders who are not afraid of an empowered populace but see empowerment of the masses as actually making the job of governance easier. The simple solutions that already abound to solve the world's problems will actually be implemented, rather than being side-stepped in favor of the funding the next crazy war.
Aug 23 2013: Scared people utilize baser survival instincts. A scary thought.
I find it discomfitting that what your statement reveals is that really what we are looking for in a leader is some sanity, maybe a little humanity, and someone who doesn't despise us for having the ability to think. Why is it that something like that is so rare?
Francis Koh
Aug 21 2013: I was told that Confucius was asked what does a stable government must have in order to continue its rule. He answered - Military, food security and trust. Pressed whether the government could continue its rule with only 2 elements. Confucius said yes with food security and trust. Whatif only one element? Confucius said yes - trust. Without trust the government will fall. Trust is the most abused value today by just about all entities of the society so the projections for the next 20 years - constant and endless conflicts between member entities of the society and between nations. Whilst science and technology will progress by leaps and bounds and the society at large the world over will continue to benefit from the applications, personal freedom and privacy will be compromisedfurther in the name of peace and democracy. Collusion between the rich, priviledged and powerful will distort the fair distribution of wealth and further erode what little trust left. Whilst material gains for masses will continue the mysery index will increase substantially. Towards the ending years of the projections, emergence of even more forceful leaders and messiahs will heigthen the chasm of the society. The UN will become as impotent as ever hijacked by powerful nations for selfish reasons. Regional conflicts between nations will have reached crisis points as diminishing natural resources and natioal interests and hold of pawer to stay in power make the issues insoluble as trust finally disappears. Crackdowns and more crackdowns lead to despair and desperation eventually power comes from the barrel of the gun as trust finally ready to make its exit from the human race -
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Aug 31 2013: People seem to be seriously lacking any kind of motivation to earn trust. There are too many people to swindle and too little time.
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Aug 21 2013: ...everyone will have watched one TED talk.Aug 20 2013: people will marry different background different country ,rich people more rich poor people make be better than now , and the technologic with the computer and intelligent of robot will do more work in human life .
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Steven Why
Aug 19 2013: Shame shit, different day. A true realist. :)
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Nils Schädel
Aug 14 2013: I also agree that we are in a transition period right now. I suppose that good outcomes could be achieved through good practice examples of alternative living in the next 20 years. What I mean is the actual application and adaption of good practice examples in real life. Good examples could be located anywhere in the world, in any country, region, city or village. This may be the restructure and application of new technologies, like renewable energy and robotic technology in the economy. At the same time, old technologies like fossil energy need to be reduced or even redundantized. But the current economic system inhibits such processes, as it is highly founded on debts and other dependencies (fossil fuel etc.). Therefore it depends much on capital investments and capital revenues (profit). A total change requires a collapse of the contemporary economic system, followed by a redistribution of capital, technology and resources. But an economic change needs to be accompanied by a societal change. So it needs a new definition of the modern lifestyles, because modern lifestyles and economies are highly interconnected with consumerism.Aug 13 2013: Here are some projections in detail, video-form.
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All of them have been uploaded in 2011-2012, interesting to see projections for 2012 and 2013....
Everything from when next FIFAs will take place to datastorage in exabytes, nanofabrics, bionic eyes, collapse of EU, manned mission to Mars etc. Watching all three takes almost 25 minutes, just a warning.
The 2010s:
The 2020s:
...and the 2030s:
See you in the future :) I can't wait!Aug 13 2013: 20 years is a long period for a human life, a very long one for technology developers, and a very small one for human civilization , not to say for our planet. So I believe we will see more of what we have today with some local crisis around the world like Mandy Fischer ´s saying , some Dragon Kings appearing and if we are lucky, one or two black swans, one good, probably in medicine advance and a bad one in energy shortage.Aug 12 2013: I think we'll have some neat AI 20 years from now.
And there will be a trend towards more transparency of government and companies.
Democracy will adapt to a better system
And I hope steps towards a world government will be taken.
As for climate change: I think we will start to see the first adverse effects and possibly some wars and turbulences around it.
The chinese and other bric countries will stagnate and the developing parts of Afrika might start their rise as economical powers.
I would predict that we'll produce a lot more local again, religion might start to crumble from within, our understanding in deseases will be better, as other sciences... and maybe some other things
Though we will all still be humans and make our same mistakes over and over again... guess each generation will make those errors.
Aug 13 2013: Your suggestions sound like some of the same I heard in 1985. 1985 plus 20 = 2015. So, instead of 20 years we have only 2 years left before the predictions of that era pan out. And still no flying car. :)
Michio Kaku has a great video about the next 20 years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=219YybX66MY
Aug 16 2013: (1985 +20 = 2005) I think it's interesting to make the exercise and look at the thing realized, being realized and being not realized (and probably never will be)...
Still no flying cars...true. And if you look at it: it's just not plausible. The energy needed and cost are quite high... (Why not helicopters? they do the trick, but are far too expensive for daily use)
I do think that, compared to 1985, I couldn't say that Bric would stagnate, as Bric was then on the rise and was predicted to soar (I even think people were still busy with the cold war aftermath).
There have been improvements in democracy (at least in Europe), AI, science, technology,... So I think these tendencies are firm enough to go further.
And of course, we can look at Rosling's projections about population...Aug 22 2013: I sincerely hope you're right about the transparency part, Christophe!Aug 10 2013: people will marry different background different country ,rich people more rich poor people make be better than now , and the technologic with the computer and intelligent of robot will do more work in human life .
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Aug 25 2013: So every bit of the data that we will be able to receive is centralized and can be edited and in some circumstances deleted? I don't like to be the conspiracy theorist all the time but even now I find that searching certain topics online circles me around to a few limited informational sites that don't give me everything I want. I want to have access to pure and unbiased data. But where is that even an option any more, or was it ever?
Aug 25 2013: One of our biggest problems today with data is there are millions of copies of the same data. In the future the data will be analyzed and only one online copy will be retained. That includes software and your own personal data.
I know some hate the idea of socializing any services however it will be the norm of an intelligent society. If we do not learn to share we will perish. Not only should you be able to get everything you want but so should everyone else. If we learn to share there is plenty for everyone and greed and hoarding will become socially unacceptable.
Daniel Early
Aug 10 2013: In 20 years time I both think and hope that people will realize that they have no reliable ability to guestimate what the world will be like 20 years from then.
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Ang Perrier
Aug 25 2013: I fully appreciate the fact that we are not psychics and don't have a crystal ball to tell us our future. But people really need to develop their forethinking ability and recognize trends to be able to better understand how it is that we end up where we do. People are always saying that hindsight is 20/20 and that they should have seen the signs. Why not give a moment to allow yourself to really "see" signs, interpret their meaning, and put a little thought into what MIGHT transpire.
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wayne uejio
Aug 9 2013: I am going to have some fun if you do not mind Ang - probably longer than 20 years but one technological change and the affect it could have on society
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assumptions: fusion power is available and a small form factor and cheap
1. now we can have a car run on a cup of water for a year
2. cheap power for everyone without a grid
3..major changes in the power industry - fuel, power generation, and distribution
4. the number of people that will need to change employment will be large
5. still need petro-chemical industry but it will be cheaper and will need less production - exploration and production in environmental sensitive areas can be curtailed
6. applying this to food production, housing etc. I have hopes that cheap power will help these problems
7. cost of food and products will drop due to transportation and manufacturing cost going down with cheap power
bad side
1. the number of unemployed could increase dramantically
2. the economic upheaval would be similar to the industrial revolution
Aug 25 2013: Fusion power has been mentioned here a few times. I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to the specifics of how it works, any suggestions of websites or other reading materials that will help me get educated?
Aug 25 2013: Basic info is good in wikipedia but a little out dated
Non technical article printed this year
for current research
http://www.iter.org/Aug 9 2013: Such pessimism.
The world will be challenged by natural disasters in the future,
In the last 30,000 years there have been ice ages, plagues, volcanic eruptions, dark ages, megalomaniacs run wild....
Mankind has survived and got us here.... all I am reading here is doom and gloom.
What ever happened to hope and change... OK, that line has been used and not well, but
there is nothing I can imagine that could happen that would that we can't survive as a species....
The sun isn't due to go south for a few billion years, big asteroids announce their presence way in advance,
All this [political nonsense about wealth, There have been richer people and poorer people in history than now,
In some of the most inhospitable parts of the world, we find Eskimos fishing ice packs and Arabs crossing blistering hot deserts.. lets not forget jungles where man is not on the top of the food chain.
It will not come without struggle, but how bad can it be? At the worse, people will not be able to live like Bill Gates,
but if we look around, earth has enough resources to meet the needs of many more people than there here are now...
All I see is the lamenting of the possible loss of wants being expressed.
Aug 25 2013: The earth can sustain us if the big time political players relinquish their claims of power over all of the world's production. There are laws, regulations, and limitations making it near impossible for average citizens to acquire the resources necessary to support basic needs. This could bring about a huge game changer in our future or...the powers that be will continue to control everything and people will just sit back and continue to let them thinking it's all in our best interest.
Aug 25 2013: I am not sure... there is perception. Basic needs for an average citizen in an African jungle village is different then the average citizen in New York City. Regardless of how the players wheel and deal, I think there is enough, more than enough for everybody.
Mandy Fisher
Aug 8 2013: It is impossible to accurately project the future. Why? Because it could all change in an instant with a single event known as a black swan- something utterly unpredictable and out of the norm. Tomorrow we could find a ginormous asteroid hurdling toward Earth, in which we have zero capability to stop impact. That would shake thing up a bit. Or perhaps a little virus, feeding off mass world travel and crowded urban centers, growing and growing until finally our big boy gulps up half the population.
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But, for giggles, we can have fun with speculation.
Personally, I foresee a world where....
Drinking water becomes a luxury, and the days of mindless waste will be over
Food becomes marketed to feed the masses, and therefore more processed, convenient, and less nutritious. Only the wealthy will have assess to healthy, fresh, organic food, as prices skyrocket due to less usable farm land and more disease/parasite issues resulting for mass pesticide/GMO use.
Land prices will jump as the population increases.
Speaking of population, famine and war will become more common as third world countries continue to see their numbers rise exponentially, as the developed nations struggle with an aging populous and limited youth.
Coastal cities and island communities will struggle as water creeps ever closer to their doorsteps.
Speaking of climate change, expect to see weather patterns alter drastically and populations crowd to areas with favorable conditions.
On the topic of crowding, I suspect that urban centers will continue to expand as more and more people bunch together in search of work, living quarters, and opportunity. National forests, parks, and wildlife areas will decrease; as wil agricultural communities.
I could go on... but it's kinda making me depressed. I hope I'm wrong, and I'm just a pessimist expecting the worst. I just don't see anything getting better, the people are getting dumber, and the world is struggling to keep sane. Ugh.
Aug 11 2013: In the world you foresee, which is similarly pessimistic and hopefully wrong, how does the colonization of Mars fit in?
Aug 11 2013: What I hope to happen and what I foresee to happen are two very different perspectives.
Aug 11 2013: I meant to say, "which is as similarly pessimistic and hopefully wrong as my own." Not that it matters.
Ugh.Aug 25 2013: An unsettling number of people have similar ideas about what the future will hold. It's true, nothing does seem to be getting better as far as quality of life is concerned. Our leaders don't appear to be getting very fundamental concepts like humanity, common decency, and morals. Pessimism and realism...not much of a difference.Aug 8 2013: There is one thing that has not been calculated into these projections.... people.
As the population ages as it is in many parts of the world, all these new technological innovations, advances in science and medicine that would appear to move the nations forward will be met with resistance to change. Oldsters, including me are satisfied with things the way they are. When we were young, we pushed ahead with the new technology of our day. It is a tiring process. We had to fight with the older generation of our times and convince them that the changes were good. There were fewer of them at that time, now there are more of us and we like things the way we made them and the way they are. So progress will be slow and cause great frustration for the young innovators of today. I will say to them "understand the nature of man, when you are old and only seek peace and quiet for your remaining time, some young whipper snapper will want to change everything that you have finally begun to understand. That's life.
Aug 23 2013: The problem I see with that is fewer and fewer children show any kind of respect for their elders. The opinions of the aging generations will fall on deaf and uncaring ears no matter how logical an argument or obstinate they stay.
Aug 24 2013: And that is the other problem.
When I was young and knew it all, I still had a respect for the oldsters, because they overcame some problems quite well that I didn't have to address. I would simply solve all those problems they didn't get too. Life was simple.
Too many of today's young ignore the wisdom that comes from years of experiences that my generation has gained.
Like we don't know that fossil fuels has some serious side effects, and we have seen what the replacement would cost to include replacing our distribution system and the half century it would take to change it all over. And the inspired youth tell us a few windmills will do all just fine.
All we have to do is cut back on carbon dioxide generation and the global climate would... settle back down and be like it was in the old days??? Us old timers know that we can somewhat effect regional climates but the global thing is way beyond anything we can do so we should best prepare for what ever is thrown at us.. I can list a dozen more, but you get the idea.
adesh saxena
Aug 8 2013: More social networking sites,
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more physical isolation
and more dependance on gudgets.
After some thousands year lower limbs will be redundant and vestigial.
Ang Perrier
Aug 23 2013: It seems to me there is quite a pull in 2 opposite directions. There are many people who prefer that everything in their lives have something to do with technology. These folks find little enjoyment in the outdoors however, there are those who would never give up the physical aspect of their lives without a fight. What are your thoughts on the possibility that people could split into different "species" (for lack of a better word)?
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Aug 24 2013: Interesting
Whisky Delta
Aug 8 2013: 1-5 years: Society will change to a greater community from a focal stand point of view. Many tools will be available at your local library. Tools are clutter in homes or sheds today still. Like books and media, we gather the information or knowledge and return them. Well, we use the drill to make the hole we need for a lifetime and return the drill unless we need it everyday for work.
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5-10 years: Many improvements in transportation for the community. Plastics are recycled in our own homes with the use of 3-D printers. We begin to become more opened minded and understanding of other individual wants and needs rather than just our own. We trust others more. We work less hours per week. We don't just hang around watching the minutes drag and the hours jerk at work anymore. Things get done and we leave the job; we are less owned.
10-20 years: Service industries, or what is left of them, is the only thing still attached to the monetary system. We will have our own community gardens on the top of our homes. Technology will replace or limit all labor jobs. Our relationships with each other will become more meaningful and pleasurable than ever before.
I'm being very optimistic on the time frames :) which are my only hopes. If this is not where we are already headed today then the greater amount of suffering will continue. The longer the suffering continues the greater the unity will become.
Aug 23 2013: Wow loving the idea of a tool library. Do you know of anywhere already doing that? I don't. You're absolutely right about homes being overly cluttered and it would really make sense given the current economic state for people to be able to go to a place and utilize a tool without having to purchase it.
Aug 23 2013: I have only heard there are few places in Florida that have community tools. I've recently been there (Miami area) and found none. How can we make it happen?
Milo Kelley
Aug 8 2013: Ang you asked what are some of mine. Fusion power in packages both large and small. It will replace most other power sources and the internal combustion engine will start becoming something only your parents know about. Medically grown, personal to your DNA, body parts replacement; mechnical arms, legs, hearts, etc will no longer be used for health but for mechanical body specification to enhance the body for work or pleasure pursuits. Disease intervention at the molecular level will replace most chemical interventions, e.g. cancer, MS, etc.
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One area likely to lag and not have significant changes will be education. It may begin to morph into more individualized maybe online, but no significant change will happen. It may be set to take a significant leap forward but not in the next 20 years. A second area with little change will be transportation. Due to the fusion power the cost will be greatly reduced but the means of delivery will not be substantially different.
As for ideas, we will begin to put many ideas together in overarching theories reversing the trend for science reductionism. Insight in the the functioning of the mind will begin to reveal now brain function actually works. Which will help with the education revolution of mid century.
Here are just a few from me. Have a great day.
Aug 23 2013: Disease intervention at the molecular level...any thoughts on where that could lead?
Aug 24 2013: Just mostly as the name would suggest. Instead of 6 weeks of weekly chemicals placed into your veins, you would recieve a virus or some other delivery means that would carry DNA repairing/replacement parts to cells creating a disease or other problemic issue that would replace the defective DNA. The cell would revert back to a heatlhy cell and healthy for the body cell.
Of course as soon as the procedures are figured out, others will use it for personal enhancement. Just like plastic surgery is now. Going to what might be called extreme today, as more understanding of how the body parts effect other parts, governments or even your own family may even one day force a criminal or the odd family member to undergo DNA replacement to remove whatever it determined to have caused the criminal or odd behavior. So just as we find means to correct diseases, other will be using it to corect social "illnesses."
Welcome to the use and abuse of modern technology. Well we have been doing this for centuries and likely won't be changing that any time soon.Aug 7 2013: I would deal fully with the State government. I would use the subsidy of the transmission lines as an incentive to get companies to build the turbines in my state. The tax revenue from that heavy industry and jobs would more than make up for the tax burden of paying for transmission. Also, all the residents would favor this because of the health benefits.
Aug 7 2013: Is this something that you're currently working on in your area to facilitate change?
Aug 7 2013: use to, not currently.
Aug 7 2013: What became the inhibitor? Why didn't it take? Stop me if I'm prying but I'm curious.Aug 7 2013: You can't understand the costs with just these two numbers.
1. The pollution from coal has a huge cost that is not factored into that number. So you can save money on electricity buy you will pay it back with interest in your healthcare costs.
2. Imports of coal adds to our trade deficit. Wind energy is heavy manufacturing. The money spent on wind goes right back into the economy. It creates excellent jobs and the government and community make 40% of that money in taxes. The jobs created spend their money in the community buying houses and goods. Whereas with coal you are burning the money and it is going up the chimney. These are very real benefits that have also been calculated. The money spent on coal almost always leaves the community, whereas money spent on wind stays within the US and often within the community itself. Especially as time goes on.
3. Importing fossil fuel is the major reason for our wars. The cost of these recent wars have gone over 1 trillion dollars. This is another cost that is not factored in.
4. Because of our heavy use of coal we have no credibility to talk to China, India or any other country about climate change, etc. There is a diplomatic cost to using coal.
5. A major cost of wind is the transmission cost. If the US govt subsidized the transmission lines the cost would be far cheaper. So the US govt subsidizes the cost of coal by letting tax payers pay the inherent health costs, by letting tax payers pay for the military to fight our wars over fossil fuel, and by paying for the highway system and railway system which is the "transmission lines" for coal. So then you are not playing on an even field.
Since taxpayers paid for the transmission lines for coal over the last 150 years shouldn't it be up to tax payers if they want to pay for the transmission lines for wind?
Aug 7 2013: If it was your job to convince the gov't to subsidize the transmission of wind energy how would you tackle that? What would it take to convince them that wind energy is what they should want too?
wayne uejio
Aug 7 2013: Assumption: No major breakthroughs
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1. There will be direct communication between a computer and the brain
2. Phones, camera, recording, tablet, pc will be embedded in the human body
3. communication to the web will be from everywhere
4. people will have petabytes of storage and connections to super computers
5. voice input and output and this will be used to create apps, dbs,
6. motion input and output will be used also
7. 3-D printing will be in every home
8. Bio id will be standard limiting identity theft
1. There will be a growth of social clubs to support the need of physical contact
2. There will be a growth of isolation of the individual
3. Major movement back to the cities
4. Major movement to small towns
5. Semi-death of the suburbs
1. Big Box stores will be changing due to small things will be made with 3-D
2. Even more will be bought through the net
3. growth of the service business (i.e. handy man, building special furniture, etc.)
4. Globalization will continue but instead of having local "company" per country, it will be divisions spanning multiple counties
will add another comment on what i hope.
Aug 7 2013: 3-D printing that's an interesting concept. Like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with the chocolate bar through the TV?
Based on your technological predictions I would predict an even larger divide of the classes.
A growth of isolation of the individual? Can you describe what you mean?


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Brother Sewing Machine SE-400 Portable Computerized Embroidery Machine
Unleash your design and creative potential while creating designer-level fashions and home decor!
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Reliable, feature-rich, and budget-friendly, the SE400 delivers both a full range of sewing features, and the ability to embellish home décor, clothing and gifts with its included 4"x4" embroidery capabilities. Beginner and more advanced sewers alike enjoy the many built-in sewing features of the SE400, including 67 sewing stitches with 98 stitch functions. And getting started with embroidery is easy, with the intuitive LCD screen display, built-in tutorials, and Quick Start Guide.
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- Opening Screen: Yes
- On-Screen Help: Yes
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- On-Screen Editing: No
- Lighting: 1 LED
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- Thread Tension: Manual
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- Automatic Thread Cutter: Yes
- Quick Set™ Bobbin: Yes
- Full USB: No
- Computer Connectivity with Update Capability: Yes
- Mouse Capability by USB: No
- Media Type: Embroidery Card
- Bed Area (depth x width) inches: 5.5 x 13.1
- Work Space (height & width) inches: 3.9 x 5.3
- Maximum Sewing Speed (stitches per minute): 710
- Knee Lifter: No
- Feed Dog: 7
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- Standard Presser Feet Included with Machine: 8
- Built-in Sewing Stitches (includes buttonhole styles): 67
- Buttonhole Styles: 10 One-step
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- Stitch Width: 7mm
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- Speed Controller: Yes
- Twin Needle Setting Key: Yes
- Needle Position Key (Up/Down): Yes
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- Presser Foot Pressure Adjustment: No
- Presser Foot Leveling: Yes
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- Drop Feed/Free Motion: Yes
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- Free Arm: Yes
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- Specialty Feet Included: Yes
- Maximum Embroidery Area (X x Y): 4" x 4"
- Maximum Embroidery Speed (stitches per minute): 400
- Built-in Embroidery Designs (non-license): 70
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- Table: No
- Included Embroidery Hoops: 1 (4" x 4")
- Foot Controller: Yes
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Brother Sewing Machine SE-400 Portable Computerized Embroidery Machine
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thanks! is this machine worth investing in a foot controller aprox.. 200$ torch set up 220$ adapter for gas 70$ misc???.they have come along way since this machine was built and from what i have heard they are vastly more user friendly these days .as a green horn i have only sticked with this machine .its great! for that .never tigged before and the learning curve is part of the fun.will i be pulling my hair out with this set up ? or should i spend some semi serious dough on a dynasty or something ??? any help would be soooooo appreciated. xmt 300 cc dc inverter.
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02-12-2011, 09:57 PM #1Junior Member
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miller xmt 300 cc tig dc 1994 era
Many that know these machines (the 300 that is) say that if they ever experience a major board failure that they're not worth the $$ to fix them and from what I've heard of the board costs, you can find better used machines.
That being said, if yours is working fine and you do invest in the remote control, torch and other accessories to get you started with TIG and the machine does die on you down the road, all that stuff can be used on many other Miller machines that you could replace the 300 with.MM200 w/spot controller and Spoolmatic 1
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Just an FYI, you can keep an eye on e-pay and find the stuff remarkably cheaper. I think I paid $70 for my pedal, $26 for the torch adapter (though likely different from yours its miller retail was $125ish), the torch I already had, but have been seeing them selling for $75-$125.
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xmt 300 cc
thanks so much!!!!! when the day comes that i get something much better i am wondering if the foot controller will be a N/A and if the torch has a finger control also that also may be a N/A also?i am taking a class now where you are suppose to bring a project and ask questions latter.i often seem to have curve ball questions.the teachers eyes glaze over when i ask about things that are not in a nice tidy box.my father in law past away and i inherited some great stuff.xmt 300 cc-- lincoln ac/dc arc 200+- a buffet of gas tanks and hardware asset.. and i went and bought a millematic 180 with a spool gun for aluminum etc.i am a general contractor and i have been drooling over welding for a long time and i am exited to really get with it.thanks so much .any general insight about the xmt 300 is soo appreciated.
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Foot Control Compatibility miller xmt 300 cc CV TIG
What model number foot control would be compatible with this machine?
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Foot Control for XMT 300 CC CV
would any 14 PIN miller foot control be compatible with this machine?


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When California resident Riya Suising was in town on business late last year, she decided to go to Spa World in Centreville.
As a Chinese-American and a marathon runner, Suising frequently attends spas and is well-versed in the Asian spa culture of communal bathing pools.
"Korean spas, with communal baths, are the best, as they have warm/hot Jacuzzis and cold baths," she said. " As a marathon runner, going into a cold bath is one of the best recovery methods after a hard workout, and I often alternate between the cold and hot baths to improve circulation. I know that other athletes also like the Korean spas for this reason."
Spa World, which opened in 2008, has these types of Korean communal baths, segregated by gender.
While relaxing in the female bathing pool late last year, Suising said a Spa World manager approached her and asked her to leave the establishment.
"They told me that I was not welcome there and to leave because I looked a little different," she said. "Let's say I am a member of the LGBT population."
Suising said she was told by the spa management that five spa customers had lodged complaints about her presence. Suising said she is very tall and muscular and has very broad shoulders, which may distinguish her from natural-born females, but that otherwise her gender presentation is very feminine. "None of the complaints, as they were described to me, referenced my genitalia in any way," she said."I can't believe that they would discriminate based on physical appearance. I was not doing anything but keeping to myself."
After leaving, Suising filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
"I was mortified," she said. "It was obvious that this business discriminates against any 'abnormal appearing' persons, specifically against LGBT people, and likely against anyone else not appearing up to their standards."
The Better Business Bureau opened an investigation, and on Jan. 28, Spa World representative Sang Lee responded to the BBB in writing by stating "It is our policy to not accept any kinds of abnormal sexual oriented customers to our facility such as homosexuals, or transgender(s)."
The Spa World written reply goes on to say that the spa stands by this policy for the sake of young children who utilize the facility. "Also, for the safety and the comfort of young children at Spa World, we strongly forbid any abnormal sexual behaviors and orientation in our facility. Despite the controversial issue of homosexuality and transgender, it is our policy to not accept them," Lee wrote. Lee did not return calls seeking further comment.
When she received it, Suising said she could not believe the response.
"In California, this would be illegal," she said. "I am not sure exactly what the state of LGBT equality is in Virginia, but I hope it is more progressive than this."
But according to one local political action group, it is not.
Rishi Awatramani is communications director for The Virginia New Majority, an Alexandria-based political action group that claims it is a unifying voice for "all people of the Commonwealth of Virginia, particularly African-Americans, immigrants, progressive whites, youth, women and the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered community.
"There is nothing in the Virginia or the Fairfax County code that protects gender expression or sexual orientation discrimination," he said. "It is kind of unbelievable, but true."
Suising said she is not seeking any financial compensation and does not plan to file any legal actions against the spa, but said she would like an apology, and ultimately says she wants people to know that what happened to her is a form of discrimination that needs to be addressed nationwide.
"This has happened to me a few times before in other parts of the country, and perhaps I am pushing the boundaries of this type of discrimination, but I am not purposely looking for controversy. That is not my goal. I too, think it is correct to prohibit 'abnormal sexual behavior' in a public place, but a transgendered person just being there, behaving appropriately like any other customer should not count as such."


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Rumination syndrome is a condition in which people repeatedly and unintentionally spit up (regurgitate) undigested food from the stomach, rechew it, and then either reswallow the food or spit it out. Rumination is a reflex, not a conscious decision. Rumination syndrome may go undiagnosed because it is often confused with other conditions.
People with rumination syndrome repeatedly regurgitate small amounts of food from the stomach without trying to do so. The food is then partially or completely rechewed and reswallowed or spit out. The food hasn't been digested, so people with rumination syndrome often report that the food tastes normal, not acidic like vomit.
Rumination syndrome is frequently confused with bulimia nervosa, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and gastroparesis. The condition has long been known to occur in infants and people with developmental disabilities. But it can also occur in other children, adolescents and adults.
The precise cause is unknown. Rumination may be an unconscious, learned behavior that involves the belch reflex. Untreated, rumination syndrome can damage the tube between your mouth and stomach (esophagus) and cause unhealthy weight loss.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranks No. 1 for digestive disorders in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings. Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for digestive disorders by U.S. News & World Report.
At Mayo Clinic, we assemble a team of specialists who take the time to listen and thoroughly understand your health issues and concerns. We tailor the care you receive to your personal health care needs. You can trust our specialists to collaborate and offer you the best possible outcomes, safety and service.
Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical institution that reinvests all earnings into improving medical practice, research and education. We're constantly involved in innovation and medical research, finding solutions to improve your care and quality of life. Your doctor or someone on your medical team is likely involved in research related to your condition.
Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care — and trusted answers — like they've never experienced.
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Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people. In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
Specialists in gastroenterology and psychiatry and psychology usually manage care for adults who have rumination syndrome.
For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at 800-446-2279 (toll-free) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, Monday through Friday or complete an online appointment request form.
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Specialists in gastroenterology, pediatrics and psychiatry and psychology usually manage care for children and adults who have rumination syndrome.
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Mayo Clinic doctors start by obtaining an accurate medical history and asking about symptoms. This initial exam, and sometimes observation of a person's behavior, may be enough to diagnose rumination syndrome.
Mayo doctors may use these tests to rule out other causes of symptoms of rumination syndrome:
Symptoms vary from person to person, but regurgitation typically:
Treatment depends on the presence of other disorders, and the person's age and cognitive ability. At Mayo Clinic, digestive disease specialists (gastroenterologists) work closely with pediatricians and psychologists to treat people with rumination syndrome.
Mayo Clinic specialists typically use habit reversal behavior therapy to treat people without developmental disabilities who have rumination syndrome. People learn to recognize when rumination occurs, and to breathe in and out with the abdominal muscles (diaphragmatic breathing) during those times. Diaphragmatic breathing prevents abdominal contractions and thus regurgitation.
For people who have developmental disabilities, treatment may involve mild aversive training — associating rumination with negative consequences — or other behavioral techniques. For people with rumination syndrome who also have bulimia nervosa, treatment focuses on the eating disorder.
For infants, treatment usually focuses on working with parents or caregivers to change the infant's environment and behavior.
If frequent rumination is damaging the esophagus, proton pump inhibitors may be prescribed. These medications can protect the lining of the esophagus until behavior therapy reduces the frequency and severity of regurgitation.
Mayo Clinic researchers are working to improve diagnosis and treatment for people with rumination syndrome. Specific efforts involve learning more about the cause of rumination syndrome, and educating other physicians about this little-known condition.
See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic authors on rumination syndrome on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
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All Borkholder pieces are heirloom crafted in the heart of Amish country and their timeless designs and techniques have been used for centuries. By using tongue and groove tops, ship-lap solid wood backs and sign and dating each piece, you can be assured that each piece is built to withstand your lifetime. This collection of pieces is constructed of solid wood with solid wood drawer interiors. The Amish Classic collection is mounted on a solid wood center mounted drawer glide and can be upgraded to a full-extension stainless steel soft-close, self-closing drawer glide. All drawer boxes are constructed of solid wood with English dovetail joinery. Backs that are visible from the front are solid wood ship-lap construction. Tops are tongue and groove which makes them incredibly strong and durable. Available in maple, cherry or quarter sawn oak. Most Borkholder pieces may be customized. Choose your top profile, foot, door style, leg style, color, sheen, hardware and more! Visit our Redwood City showroom to view the collection and see all your options.
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Title says it all. Who were the Magharians? It seems like they were some group of Pre-Christianity Jews or something like that that lived in caves?
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Any of many groups that lived in or used caves could be given the name Magharians (from Arabic).
The tenth century (CE) Karaite Jacob Qirqisani described them as a pre-Christian group with distinctive views about angels, creation and biblical anthropomorphisms.
According to Muslim scholar al-Biruni (973-1048) they used a lunar calendar and observed Rosh ha-Shanah and Passover only on a Wednesday.
In modern times, there have been some suggestions that those using the Dead Sea Scrolls and the caves at Qumran may have been Magharians, theough there are several other theories.


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Home > Electronics > iPod & iPhone Accessories > iPhone & iPod Speakers > High-Powered All-in-One Geneva Sound System Model XL
High-Powered All-in-One Geneva Sound System Model XL
The High Powered All-in-One Geneva Sound System Model is equipped with powerful amplifiers and eight inch subwoofers.
Thee Geneva Sound System Model XL is a reference system in some legendary recording studios in rock and roll history, and Geneva is also found in the homes and studios of leading product designers, fashion creators, architects, artists, and art collectors.
Thanks to its powerful six 100 watt (600 watt) class D digital amplifiers, it can deliver the sort of sound performance normally expected from a much more expensive stereo system powering six speakers, including two 8-inch subwoofers.
Model XL is housed in a handcrafted wood cabinet and, using a patented technology, can reproduce true stereo sound from the left and right speaker chambers.
Technical Specifications and Downloads:
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- Six powerful Class D digital amplifiers, 600 watts total – very efficient and low-power consumption
- Each speaker individually powered & chambered for accurate acoustics
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- Optional floor stand in satin nickel
- Engineered in Switzerland by the Geneva Lab in-house design team
- Cabinet: Piano-lacquered wood
- Speaker system: 2 x 1" tweeters, 2 x 5 1/4" woofers and 2 x 8" subwoofers
- Power Amplifier: Digital Hi-Fi amplifiers (Class D) with 600 (6 x 100) Watt output
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The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, is one of the world's largest food retailers, with fiscal 2014 sales of $108.5 billion.
Kroger has grown identical supermarket sales for an unparalleled 45 consecutive quarters. We are able to deliver this level of consistent performance quarter after quarter thanks to our associates' determined focus on serving our Customers, which is a key pillar of our Customer 1st Strategy. Identical sales are the most visible indicator available of a retailer's relevancy to its Customers, which is why we pay so much attention to this trend.
As identical store sales growth would indicate, Kroger continues to increase market share year over year. In fact, fiscal 2014 represented our 10th consecutive year of market share growth.
We continue to differentiate ourselves through Customer insights gained by analyzing Customer shopping habits and behavior gathered from our loyal Customers. Years of experience in data analytics have made us exponentially better at personalization and individualized rewards. By deepening our focus on our Customers, we have redefined our business model and made it more sustainable than ever. We leverage our data and analytic capabilities to strengthen our understanding of shopper behavior over time, and we continue to increase the number of loyal households shopping with us. We are building relevant and personal connections with each Customer and that requires fresh new ways of thinking about our markets and our competition. Our Customers tell us we are continually improving in the delivery of the right products at the right price, with great service and an enhanced shopping experience, and that lets us know that we are not the same company we were even a few years ago.
Kroger employs nearly 400,000 associates who serve customers in 2,625 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Jay C, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Harris Teeter, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith's. The company also operates 782 convenience stores, 326 fine jewelry stores, 1,330 supermarket fuel centers and 37 food processing plants in the U.S. Recognized by Forbes as the most generous company in America. Kroger supports hunger relief, breast cancer awareness, the military and their families, and more than 30,000 schools and community organizations. Kroger contributes food and funds equal to 200 million meals a year through more than 80 Feeding America food bank partners. A leader in supplier diversity, Kroger is a proud member of the Billion dollar Roundtable and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber's Million Dollar Club.
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Home > Home > Fireplaces & Accessories > Fireplace Entertainment Centers > ELKMONT ELECTRIC FIREPLACE
Beautifully rustic, this Salem Antique Fireplace exudes character and style.
The stunning wood grain is further enhanced with aged distressing such as worm holes and small scratches and imperfections making each piece unique. The faux slate front has a stunning pattern of tiles that arch across the front creating this true masterpiece. Portability and ease of assembly are just two of the reasons why our fireplace mantels are perfect for your home. Requiring no electrician or contractor for installation allows instant remodeling without the usual mess or expense.
In addition to your living room or bedroom, try moving this fireplace to your dining room for romantic dinners or complement your media room with a ventless fireplace below your flat screen television. Use this great functional fireplace to make your home a more welcoming environment. Mantel supports up to 85 lbs. and accommodates up to a 42" flat screen TV. Wood is distressed with worm holes and imperfections to add character.
Features Include:
• Remote control (2 AAA Batteries Required)
• Realistic flickering flame effect
• Long life LED lights
• 120V-60Hz, 1500W / 5000 BTUs, 12.5 Amp
• Easy to use adjustable thermostat
• Safety thermal overload protector
• Adjustable flame brightness control
• Plugs into standard wall outlet
• Tested to heat 1500 cubic feet in only 24 minutes (14'x14'x8')
• Uses about the same energy as a coffee maker
• 100% energy efficient with low operating costs
• Produces zero emissions or pollutants
• Eco friendly, consuming no wood or fossil fuels
• No combustion, glass remains cool to the touch
Dimensions: 45.5" W x 14.5" D x 40" H; Firebox front - 23" Wide x 20" T
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