If this were to happen, the world would be a much better place.

I hope OP is right. No child needs to be brought up as entertainment.

Also universal basic income. Our society won't be able to move forward without that.

Yes. We need to stay on standard time.

Glass and paper, both recyclable

I take some comfort in the fact we have at least come to realize it is a problem. I grew up as plastics were being 'discovered'. They existed, but many new / better kinds have been developed in my life time. Even stuff you don't think much bout like plastic cling wrap (think Saran wrap) has improved. BUT - in the early days we didn't see the waste as a problem. One of my chores as an 11 year old was to burn the household garbage. Everything that could burn went into our burn barrel. I happily watched plastic drip flaming blobs as it burned because it was interesting. Now I feel pretty cringe about that but at the time I had no clue that what I was doing was 'bad'. I am happy to see efforts to reduce use / increase recycling but we have a long way to go. Modern me practices all three Rs but the reduce part isn't always easy since products come packaged how they come packaged. I compost all my food waste and recycle everything I can. It is surprising how much this reduces dump runs.

Including our own bodies

I'm hoping someone will find a way to incorporate recycled plastic into road building and other types of construction.

I hope so

Our local recycling plant stopped taking glass because it was too expensive to deal with anymore. So now it's all straight back into the trash.

We've bound a lot of energy up in plastic. Sooner or later life will find a way to get at that energy and essentially eat it. And probably won't stop with plastic that we want to get rid of. I foresee microorganisms that will be able to eat all the plastic. Think about that.

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There is literally nothing safer on this planet than microplastics. They are safer than plants, safer than food, safer than oxygen, safer than water, safer than sand. "Lasts forever" is an exact synonym of "totally inert".

You know, that was how it USED to be - when you bought a physical DVD or VHS tape, you owned it outright. Interesting (and heartening) to see that people want to go back to “ownership” instead of “subscription” - even if the products are all digital now.

Keep dreaming, they're not gonna go away anytime soon.

Term limits and maximum age for all 3 US branches of government including the Supreme Court.

Call me old fashioned but that's not something that needs to be regulated - it's part of a parent's job, not the government's. Personal responsibility.

We can only hope that it vanishes soon.

Will be nonexistent

Us Americans can dream, I mean it’s not like there are dozens of examples of how to make universal healthcare work across the world! /s

Look, if it makes people happy, who am I to judge? Yes I think they look a bit stupid but it doesn’t affect you.

12 step programs feel like a cult to me. It does NOT help to list every f*****g wrong you ever made, go flipping rocks with 10 year old dumpster fires underneath by apologizing for them and sharing all of it with someone else. Not one bit of it does anything but bring all your trauma to the forefront and reignite it instead of moving on into the future

Digital currency removes all privacy from purchases. The government doesn't need to know what I buy, where I buy it, or how frequently I buy something. Not to mention that the gov't will have complete control over you finances > they can turn off your credit cards, close your bank accounts, and leave you with nothing INSTANTLY. I'll hold onto MY cash, thank you very much.

That's getting more and more difficult to achieve :'(

Sorry, is this saying that it's normal now but won't be in ten years, as per thread title, or they think it's impossible now but will become normal later? Neither way does it sound right.

The only people left on there now are grandmas, conspiracy theorists and mommy groups.

And to watch whatever junk they want on youtube. Even out of the less problematic videos on youtube kids, half of them are still just extended toy commercials.

Solar power in Western Australia is great! We "sell" back to the grid and coz it's always sunny here we "sell" a lot.

Never mind golf courses. Water hog agriculture in the Southwest is the actual problem. Meaningful regulation of groundwater usage, with functional enforcement teeth would cure most of the issues.

You can kind of already see this, with projectors and retractable screens becoming more popular, and those TVs that look like art when not turned on. I can definitely see TVs becoming more hidden, and used less.

Speak for yourself. For me as a customer, Amazon is the best and most reliable online shop right now.

That's why animals needs better treatment, and all sorts of things here. Eat less meat, I eat meat but you can always lower the amount. I'm greatfull for new technology, minimising the side effects is always important. But antivaxers or those oppose governments/leadership can't see any good with medical breakthroughs? Hopefully many cures from m-RNA vaccines can be produced!

Hopefully not normal today either?

Don't count on this. It's only going to get worse.

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the only thing that phones will go away, and replaced by inplant, VR, AR, or alike?

Hopefully the generations will understand they can learn from each other. Older generations need to understand they are the ones who raised the younger ones - and younger generations will appreciate the knowledge of the older ones. The olders need to appreciate change - and encourage it because every generation has faults. The youngers need to understand the olders did what they could in their circumstances at the time. I'm gen x (1970) and I am so proud of the things gen z is trying to change. I can also appreciate the boomers did what they thought was right for the most part. And us gen Xers seem to always be stuck in the middle.

This is why I bring lunch to work. He'll of a lot cheaper

Yes, definitely. It has already started.

Sweetie, that’s the US. Anywhere else there is no big corporations that own most of houses.

These still exist? I did not know that.

Absolutely not, if OP means public communal bathrooms. Those who identify as female should NOT be forced into sharing bathroom spaces with those who identify as male. Children of either (or neither/no) gender should not be forced to share bathroom space with adults not of their gender (unless the child cannot use the restroom by themselves.) Non-binary and gender-neutral people should have a place where they feel comfortable. Private unisex/non-gendered bathrooms are a solution; unisex COMMUNAL bathrooms are not.

I mean… it’s not wrong, but in 10 years we’ll be heavily praising people born in the early 2030s for successfully using a toilet.

Everyone can have an opinion. But people who complain about things like this usually mean that everyone has to agree with them. That is not going to happen.