Sunday, 14 August 2016

Of the past; of the future


Scientists have found a Greenland shark that they think may be over 400 years old. That means it was born before Queen Victoria, before the Great Fire of London and before Charles Darwin wrote the Origin of Species. So when it was born most of the people on Earth would have thought it was placed in the ocean by God, rather than arrived there as a result of millions of years of evolution. Since this shark was born, Man has mapped the globe and ventured off it, and the average human lifespan has grown from under 35 to over 75. Wood-and-mud huts have been replaced by steel-and-glass superstructures and the sky is full of planes instead of pigeons. 
What might the world look like in another 400 years?
Here are my predictions:

Men will have ceased to exist - they’ll be replaced by a rapidly-evolved form of bacteria that can earn money by rotating and never question a womans decision. 
We’ll have gone from a global economic village to a collection of small towns and the only form of currency will be daisies.
Oceans will have risen so much that Europe’s most popular tourist destination will be Switzerland-on-Sea.
The only food source left will be a nutrient-rich crop called “bananuggets” and the only place you can buy them will be McDonalds.
Rupert Murdoch will still be alive, and controlling everything. 

RC 14-8-16

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