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The World of 2025 Mohan M. Iyengar

The world of 2025 will be a home to a new generation of people, a place where electronics will rule and poverty will still be prevalent in many countries around the globe. The population of our earth would drastically increase and with it the impoverished population would also increase. The planet of 2025 will be one of rapid change, both negatively and positively. The world of 2025 will be one that is primarily run by electronics such as e-books, electric cars, robots (medical, household, etc.), and many other contraptions. In most cases electronics will be beneficial. However, electronics can lead to laziness, addiction to such devices, and dependency on these devices. Cyber-bullying would flourish because of the prolonged use of electronics by children. No longer would reading be considered a free time activity for fun but instead a chore; many children would be swallowed by the malignant vortex created by electronics that has already swallowed many children today. The addiction of children to video games and TV would prove to be a challenging obstacle in the way of their success in school, high school, and life beyond. While the rich on earth become wealthier, the poor on earth will gradually become even more impoverished. Third-world countries will slowly degrade further; millions would starve because of the waning support they receive from the wealthy. Ignorance would be one of the greatest factors in the increasing world poverty; the new generation of adults on our planet would have inherited much from their parents. Many of the children in the world today are growing up with extremely lenient parents whose lack of strictness has allowed their children to do drugs, get bad grades, etc. all behind the backs of their parents without worry of penalization. What then, would prevent them from continuing their hedonistic lives shielded from the pains of others by the wealth that covers their unknowing eyes? Although I have listed many negative factors about electronics in 2025, there are also many positive aspects of the sophisticated technology of the future: advanced medical practice (robotic surgery, etc.), electric cars, military-robots (to detect mines, carry injured to safety, etc.). These electronics would improve the environment, produce healthier humans, and save many lives that would otherwise be placed in great danger. With the new electronics would come a new generation of people whose primary working tools consist of electronic devices. In 2025 I plan to have completed my medical school. In what specialty I would practice I am unsure, but I hope to have started a successful practice in whichever field I choose. My mother has greatly influenced me to perform charity like she has her whole life. When I have started my medical practice, I plan to visit my father’s village in India, Mavanur, and offer clinics free of charge for those who cannot afford proper treatment themselves. The part I would play in 2025 would be one of charity and aid to those impoverished people on the earth. In conclusion, some of the challenges the world of 2025 will face are worsened poverty and addiction to electronics. The future world of 2025 will face many challenges but also have the advantage of revolutionized electronics.