100 Years From Now Poem by Curtis Johnson

Wide-eyed and more focused than an eagle today, I can see tomorrow because I'm looking at yesterday. If nothing else, yesterday has taught me that tomorrow will be a little like today because today has many features of both yesterday and tomorrow. On the other hand, multiply a year's worth of tomorrows by 100 years, and you are sure to get barely a recognizable brave new world. Yesterday has a mind of its own; yet I sometimes plead for it to let go of me, to stop binding me, to stop blinding me, so that I can find me and leave yesterday far behind me.

Looking forward 100 years through the corridors of time, I clearly see matters of Artificial Intelligence, Food supplies, and Guns.I'm observing the problems of Health and Population Control. And lastly, I'm questioning the issues of Robots and Transportation. Oh indeed, I see an endless array of struggles for survival, far more than 7, but I must limit the scope of this piece lest I upset this my present peace.

100 years ago there were 20,000 cars in the world and the city speed limit was 10mph.108 years ago the population in America was 92 million and the world had 1.7 billion people. Today, there are 7 billion of us, and 100 years from now, there will be those who will read about you and me and start to long for the good old days of fewer crowds and less pollution. There are about 1 billion cars and light trucks on the road today, almost half of them in the United States. The maximum speed limit in most cities is 35 mph, yet the traffic is so congested that the average speed is just over 10 mph.

In a hundred years, there will be 2 billion cars, many of which will be flying overhead as well as gliding across the water.100 years ago, The Eiffel Tower in Paris was the tallest structure in the world at 1o63 ft. Pneumonia and influenza were the leading causes of death. Today, the tallest building is the Burj Dubai, at 2,640 ft. Today, the population of the United States numbers more 300 million and more than 7 billion people roam the earth. And the leading causes of death are heart attacks, cancers, strokes, and motorcar accidents.

In a hundred years, the population will have exploded passed 11 billion in spite of the innumerable wars, euthanasia, and forced abortions. Human cloning will be standard-fare, and the human brain will compete with robots battling for a position like centers 'posting up' on the basketball court. Mankind's hunger for power, his prideful quest to be number one, and his obsession for possessions will drive nations farther apart, making peace impossible. They will have grown restless and weary with building skyscrapers and excel in their pursuit of designing structures inside of the highest mountains. Like our ancient parents in Mesopotamia, they will build higher 'because they can', and will make every attempt to conquer God Himself only to fail in their futile attempt. Indeed, all forms of 'absolutes' will be discarded, and any form of constitutional governance will be as fluid as a free-flowing river, taking the path of least resistance. Laws will be designed, implemented, and adjusted to whatever 'tickles the fancy' of those in power.

100 years from now, People will eat less because there will be less healthy foods to eat. They will be restless with little sleep, working harder and longer hours to keep pace with the robots infused with artificial intelligence created by humans. People will be armed with chips beneath their skin and no longer will they be controlled by phones and computers, but also by some form of mind-control; and the masses will be totally disarmed of their guns in spite of what The Second Amendment says.
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