Now that we are in a new millennium, we can assume there will be many changes in the world. I predict that the changes will be in the areas of information dissemination, global alliances, and family structure.
In the past decades, the computer was responsible for changing the way information was organized. Now, the computer, as well as the Internet, is changing the way information is spread. Information will now be universally available to anyone with a computer. You will not have to go to libraries to do research, you will not have to travel to visit scholars, and you will not have to go to a bookstore to buy a book. You can do all of this from the comfort of your home.
In the past few decades, the nations of the world aligned themselves with the United States, the former Soviet Union, or with one another in a tenuous alliance. In the future, these alliances will become more fluid. Some countries will align politically with one country, but economically with another. Some countries will share technology and information, but will not trade together. Some countries that have long been enemies will align militarily for regional security.
The family structure will not be based on a mother-father-child pattern. Single-parent families will become more common, and often the child will not be a biological child of the single parent but will instead be adopted. Other family structures, like domestic partnerships, will become more accepted.
Whatever the changes may be, whether the way we receive information, the way nations align with one another, or the way family are formed, we can be sure that there will be more changes.
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