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The Economist's predictions for 2050
23 March 2012 Last updated at 15:37
In this week's Meet the Author, Nick Higham meets the Economist's Executive Editor, Daniel Franklin, who has published a book of essays about the future of the world called Megachange - The World in 2050.
The book explores the possibility of life on other planets, climate change and the role of China and India in the next four decades.
http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-17465251
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The Economist's predictions for 2050
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, Mar 24 2012 09:33 AM
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Posted 24 March 2012 - 09:33 AM
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 06:28 PM
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Looks like you hit the nail on the head with China transitioning to a democracy.
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 07:46 PM
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I think they need to make sure China wouldn't split apart before they introduce democracy.
They need to bring wealth to the inland rural areas or there'd be an uprising again. Right now the Communist party is the best thing for China.
They need to bring wealth to the inland rural areas or there'd be an uprising again. Right now the Communist party is the best thing for China.
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:54 PM
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I think they need to make sure China wouldn't split apart before they introduce democracy.
They need to bring wealth to the inland rural areas or there'd be an uprising again. Right now the Communist party is the best thing for China.
Agreed. I just wonder what will happen to the inland population as we move into the century. There's supposed to be a lot of droughts in the west.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 01:20 AM
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The one thing I didn't agree with is him saying we will find life on other planets by 2050.
It is possible we would find microorganisms, but even that is unlikely by then if there aren't any present in our solar system. Maybe we will find the remains of some sort of life on Mars by then, but I can't imagine us pinning a date on when we will stumble upon some life out there - intelligent or not.
We already have found some planets that could support life though if I'm not mistaken, the Gliese 581 system.
It is possible we would find microorganisms, but even that is unlikely by then if there aren't any present in our solar system. Maybe we will find the remains of some sort of life on Mars by then, but I can't imagine us pinning a date on when we will stumble upon some life out there - intelligent or not.
We already have found some planets that could support life though if I'm not mistaken, the Gliese 581 system.
"I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.” -E.B. White
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 02:35 AM
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Interesting that he says that we'll know which planets have life in 2050, I personally don't see this happening. The book seems interesting though, I may look into reading it.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:41 AM
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It's 2012 and we're already coming up with technology and ways of finding life on exoplanets. I don't see how we couldn't do that in 2050.
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Yeah, I don't think he meant anything more than finding evidence that life may exist on this planet or that, from remote observation and analysis. I'm guessing from analysis of atmospheric gas content, spectral analysis (seeing if anyone left the lights on) EM transmissions, etc. I'm not expecting an interview with them on TV or anything...
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