“A Brief Glimpse into the Future”
"May
you live in interesting times"
A
Chinese curse.
As the
XXI century fast advances, the urge to know what the future holds for our
world, and know it accurately, seems to be noticeably quickening. Enter Orlando
Barrios and Terence Co, two verifiably gifted and much-honoured practitioners
of the art of future casting. This work sweeps across the next 50 years of
world history with a broad yet comprehensive stroke, and then, alights a
hundred years into the future, for a look at life on planet Earth in the year
2105.
Technology: major technological developments.
UST: the conquest of the world oceans.
The Second Space Race: Earth Orbit, Luna and Mars.
Great Powers and Confederations: a brief résumé of the main powers, alliances and
confederations.
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The Second Pacific War
Ennen-kio: a short story of the Second Pacific War
Dragons at sea: the Imperial Japanese Navy in 2035
