TRENDS (in development)
Our world is changing faster than ever
before. This generation is the first to
experience from birth the advances
of the computer age. Instant communication
between widely separated
peoples will create an increasing progression toward
less regionalism. This will
be observed as a decrease in the power affected by
the various types of
political unions. Political unions include everything from
nations to cults as all
depend on leaders to increase their numbers.
As a sociological trend, I do not believe
it is reversible barring a worldwide
cataclysm. As the power of
established controls diminish, the number of smaller
organisations will increase
but their power will never rival that which the older
establishments held. Nationalism
is dying and will soon rely entirely on a UN
governance. The major
religions will slowly fade away. Racism will be an
unbelievable horror to our
childrens grandchildren as slavery is to us.
Professional organizitions
will not enjoy the prestige and status of previous
times. Even the rich will find
less and less to separate them from the much
less wealthy. And the
breakdown of the family unit is not a passing fad.
Imaginations which once carried us into
worlds overlorded by a particular
caste now delve into the
realm of future technologies. Many will find
something to fear in the loss
of their particular heartfelt union, but control
over another's spirit is
indefensible, and soon will be held deplorable.