Reasons to expect the next 10 years to be more exciting than the last

Re:Reasons to expect the next 10 years to be more exciting t... by rwmj on Sunday December 12, 2010 @12:57PM (#1997479)

I have a bad feeling about the next 10 years. 1900-1910 was a decade of globalization and affluence for certain classes and a big split between rich and poor, in fact rather like 2000-2010. 1910-1920 was not a happy period for anyone.

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Re:Reasons to expect the next 10 years to be more exciting t... by VladRussian on Sunday December 12, 2010 @01:32PM (#1997573)

yep, we're due for a small WWIII (there are set of global problems - pollution, including green house gases, human rights, including ethnic cleansing, currencies valuations, intellectual property rights, Internet management - which can't be solved in the current framework of 180 states getting individually to agree to a treaty and after that actually obeying the treaty)

>10. Political-Economic reorganization: [...] so I'm sure that people will muddle through and figure out some way to distribute it equitably...

he forgot

11. rapid increase of number of countries armed with nukes

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Re:Reasons to expect the next 10 years to be more exciting t... by Vivtek on Sunday December 12, 2010 @02:39PM (#1997788)

Well, he did say "exciting!"

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Re:Reasons to expect the next 10 years to be more exciting t... by Estragon on Sunday December 12, 2010 @01:58PM (#1997653)

I agree, it's likely to be a time of great disorder and suffering. God forbid there should be another World War, but many of the reasons for international amicability are now breaking down, like easy trade and a relatively simple geopolitical structure.

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