Democracy will spread and be revised in 21st
century. Recently, people in several Middle East countries have struggled
against autocracy. Starting with Tunisia, dictators in Egypt and Libya have
been removed, and the rebellion is still in process in countries like Syria. As
the world economy became unstable, the corruption of the autocratic governments
got revealed. Also brutal way of suppressing protesters was shared in social
network, gathering many protesters. The rapid change toward democracy in some
Middle East countries will affect to other autocratic countries in Asia and
Africa. Before long, Democracy will once again widely spread in a short period.
Furthermore, the democracy will be significantly changed as time passes by.
Original democratic countries such as United States and European Union have had
a hard time solving inequality, unfairness, corruption, and many other social problems.
Many philosophers will ponder a question ‘Is present democracy can really be
justified?’, and they’ll revise democracy in many ways. The form and policies of
government will be significantly reformed, as the philosophy they based on
changes.
New
energy sources will eventually substitute petroleum. The whole world is facing
difficulty of energy production, as the amount of petroleum decreases and the
price of it rapidly rises. Also, as global warming gets serious, people started
to seek energy source that doesn’t harm environment. A number of people are
looking for new energy sources, obtaining a large number of good results. Diverse
technologies are widely applied, but still it needs more improvement. For
example, nuclear energy has been developed for 40 years, but it’s not enough to
completely alternate petroleum. However, as more people step into alternative energy
field and investment increases, the energy revolution will soon arrive. In the
energy revolution period, huge petroleum companies will quickly lose their
influence and authority. They would not want to lose their power, so they’ll try
to delay these revolutions. However, since global warming becomes hot issue and
the petroleum becomes scarce, the era of petroleum will make its end.
People
will judge value of a product not only by rational reason, but also by
sentimental reason. People now judge product by price and quality. For example,
people buy desks for comfortableness, design, price, and trademark. In the
future, people will consider ‘story’ of the desk. There are many music TV
programs such as ‘Super Star K’ and ‘I’m the Singer’. The viewers of the
program not only judge music by music itself, but also the tense storyline of the
competition. Although a song was not as good as they expected and was old-fashioned,
the song tops the chart because the programs also broadcast how much singers
made effort and how difficult their situations were. Likewise, in the 21st
century, people will not only evaluate songs, dramas, and movies by sentimental
reason, but also evaluate material products by sentimental reasons. Companies will
make story and dream in their product, and consumer and seller will trade these
‘story’.
These
three expectations are not certain. As society changes diversely, the future
will be changed in many directions. Although, it is hard to make a correct assumption
of the future, it will help show abundant potentiality of the future. People
can get brilliant ideas by many assumptions, and they really change the world
as they expected. Without numerous expectations of the future, the rapid social
changes won’t continue. These three assumptions are the most plausible, which
many people have discussed and agreed. Politics, technologies, and the way
people think will definitely be different from the present. Revised democracy,
renewable energy sources, and dream society will be the most important characteristic
of the future.
