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| A human celebrates his or her 130th birthday |
   
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37 | 29.13% |
| A mile-high skyscraper is built somewhere in the world |
  
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14 | 11.02% |
| A single war produces more than 20 million deaths |
  
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36 | 28.35% |
| A third party holds the US Presidency |
  
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36 | 28.35% |
| A U.S. president is assassinated |
  
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52 | 40.94% |
| Anti-gravity is brought into everyday use |
  
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10 | 7.87% |
| Artificial intelligence routinely conducts media interviews |
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23 | 18.11% |
| At least one dinosaur will be alive |
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10 | 7.87% |
| At least one human will have their brain transplanted into a cloned version of their own body. |
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17 | 13.39% |
| Brick and mortar stores will cease to be the major means of purchases in the U.S. |
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53 | 41.73% |
| Chiefs win a Super Bowl |
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79 | 62.20% |
| Cure for cancer (Late-stage survival rates > 97%) |
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29 | 22.83% |
| Earthquake of Magnitude 8.3 or greater strikes somewhere in the continental U.S. |
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73 | 57.48% |
| Evidence of a pre-Ice Age civilization is discovered |
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12 | 9.45% |
| Faster than light travel is achieved (human transport) |
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8 | 6.30% |
| Flying cars |
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23 | 18.11% |
| Food shortages lead to permanent ban on consumption of meat in at least one country (population > 10 million) |
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23 | 18.11% |
| Households manufacture all necessary goods themselves, purchasing only raw materials and plans for 3D printing |
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14 | 11.02% |
| Human sets foot on Mars |
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66 | 51.97% |
| Humans can communicate directly with at least two species of animals. |
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14 | 11.02% |
| Implantable computer/phone/internet devices are in 80+% of Americans |
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33 | 25.98% |
| Large scale nuclear bomb dropped or launched in a hostile act |
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40 | 31.50% |
| Major epidemic kills 10% or more of the US population |
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18 | 14.17% |
| Major epidemic kills 25% or more of a nation’s population (nation > 10 million people) |
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23 | 18.11% |
| Major meteor strike or other interplanetary event kills 1 million or more people |
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5 | 3.94% |
| One-world government is established |
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14 | 11.02% |
| Prenatal selection of certain traits will be possible for the middle class (e.g., height, nose shape, eye color) |
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46 | 36.22% |
| Peaceful resolution to the Israel-Arab conflicts is achieved |
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1 | 0.79% |
| Permanent cessation of Islamic extremism and terrorism |
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2 | 1.57% |
| Permanent human presence on Mars |
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5 | 3.94% |
| Permanent human presence on the moon |
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18 | 14.17% |
| Poverty is eliminated in the U.S., based on minimum standards of living that are achieved |
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5 | 3.94% |
| Proof of extraterrestrial life is confirmed |
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35 | 27.56% |
| Race is no longer an issue of conflict, contention, or policy in the U.S. |
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5 | 3.94% |
| Robot labor means that humans do not have to work to obtain basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) |
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13 | 10.24% |
| Robot labor provides household servants for the middle class (maid, butler, etc.) |
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26 | 20.47% |
| Small-scale radiation dirty bomb set off in hostile act |
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60 | 47.24% |
| Space tourism becomes a feasible option for the American middle class |
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33 | 25.98% |
| The US Senate OR House becomes majority female |
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8 | 6.30% |
| The world ends as described in the holy book of your choice |
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6 | 4.72% |
| Time travel to the future (more than one day) |
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1 | 0.79% |
| Time travel to the past (more than one day) |
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2 | 1.57% |
| U.S. adds at least one new state from territory that is not part of a current state |
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32 | 25.20% |
| U.S. is no longer the world’s most powerful nation |
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70 | 55.12% |
| U.S. no longer needs petroleum products as energy source |
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25 | 19.69% |
| U.S. splits into two or more countries |
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10 | 7.87% |
| None of these things will occur within 50 years. |
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1 | 0.79% |
| Poll fail. We will invent time travel, so the future will cease to exist. |
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5 | 3.94% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 127. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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#10 - Brick and mortar stores will cease to be the major means of purchases in the U.S.
I voted yes, though I think that some niche stores will continue to exist. I think there are some things that people will want to see before they buy, such as cars. (And yes, I know about Tesla. Good luck with that, Tesla.) As much as we talk about online purchases now, I think it's still a minor market for many goods. Books, electronics, and clothes are purchased pretty heavily online, but I bet most things aren't at more than about a 10 percent market share at most. But it'll only go up. I would definitely not invest in commercial storefront real estate for the long term. It makes me wonder what the city of the future will look like. I suspect that there'll still be offices and manufacturing areas, but will we not have malls? Will we not have the big commercial streets that seem to run through every city? We'll still have some consumer businesses like hotels and restaurants and ... well, maybe not gas stations. But will those business push more toward serving highways than residential areas?
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