50 years from now.

50 years ago, there were many things, like womens rights, legal matters pertaining to freedom of choice and the distribution of wealth, sexual liberation etc, that by todays standards, would be thought of by enlightened folk in a negative light.

This means that, in theory, the ways thing are now, the laws we have and the social norms, will in 50 years time, be outdated and laughed at as old fashioned and socially restrictive.

I wonder what kinds of things we can add to this list?

Gay marriage, abortion, drugs....

what about things like explicit and graphic violence on television, in video games, in movies, in books, and in music? (particularly the age restrictions)

The interweb, national pride, i-pods, IT as a career etc.

Robotics:

I think by then the science in robotic engineering will be sufficiently advanced enough that there will be robots commissioned in various types of industries, some types of manual labor, sanitation services, service type industries, house keeping duties etc. Hopefully there will not be an evolution to T2 for real!

Will octagenarians dream of geriactric sheep?

I think 50 years from now, the next generation will be the most depraved abused and omni loving freaks in history. But then that is just me.

But here is what I think will happen:

Bestiality will be acceptable, or maybe shooting someone on their leg will be a letter of love. Or maybe they will abolish racism completely and start having normalism (Prejudice against normality) or Hairism (Prejudice against Hair of any kind)

Who knows what will happen in 50 years. But what I do know is, that normality in our standards, will perish in the dunes of the future.

"Will octagenarians dream of geriactric sheep?"
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Good reference.

On robotics, I'm a little worried Realdollsâ„¢ will become a little more, er, real. I believe that in the space of 50, they'll be enhanced to talk, respond, and move in ways men like. This worries me, because I believe it could take over real human interactions - not everyone, of course, but a woman/robot/doll that has a perfect body (remember they'll have developed even more bodies and heads in 50 years time, to suit many different men), that can give gratifying sex without wanting anything in return will appeal to certain men. And of course, for woman, they have just started creating men also.

I wouldn't be suprised if you could marry a robotic Realdoll actually.

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^^^ Good one!!