Jasmine Jawato

Dear Diary: 50 Years From Now

            In 50 years from now, I will be nearing the age of 67. I will have already been on this planet for more than half a century,  which is quite a scary thought. In the book The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today edited my Mike Wallace, he embraces the visions of 60 of the world’s greatest minds of the future. Like several of the writers who answer the question, “What will life be like fifty years from now?” I am too optimistic about the future. I believe that the world will be a better place in half a century time. Technology will have grown immensely including having “nanobots” throughout our body which will aid in human progression and also advances in medicine will be able to treat and prevent many diseases which are looked at as being impossible to cure in this year.

            Imagine having technology inside one’s body that is affecting your brain and cells. According to an article in “The New York Times” by Manes, Joel Birnbaum states regarding the future, “we might have the computing power to build an auxiliary brain, ''perhaps a wearable one'' that could translate languages as they are spoken…” Within the next 50 years, computers will become more efficient and smarter than human brains. People will be able to advance into the future and use this artificial brain to augment our brains. The visions’ of Ray Kurzweil and Richard Clarke explain how in twenty years, computers such as “nanobots” will be in our bloodstreams and connected to network systems. This technology will keep our bodies healthy from inside. As of today, nothing computes as well, as much, and as fast as our brains. Computers in half a century will surpass our brains. Continuing, Francis S. Collins believes that in 50 years, “We will have learned how to reprogram our own cells to compensate for a problem somewhere in the body” (5). People will less likely become sick because their bodies will correct themselves when something is occurring. The lifespan of the new generation will be in the triple digits. Even though technology has not expanded rapidly in the past, the next 50 years will bring new methods that people will hardly believe.

            I am going to be optimistic and say that in 50 years, many diseases will have cures and be preventable. A geneticist named Jim Evans from Endeavors Magazine and Keith B. Richburg, Wanda Jones, Stanley B. Prusiner, and Ahmed Zewail from the novel, all believe that by 2058, Alzheimer’s will be preventable and treatable. Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases will not be cured, but instead there will be prevention methods for these diseases. Hopefully our world will not be filled with people who have Alzheimer’s disease and people will not die from it either. Nancy G. Brinker and Elias A. Zerhouni think that researchers will find a “cure” for cancer. Breast cancer will be preventable for all women, which will be a relief for me. Many new promising vaccines will be explored and tried. Another advantage to advancement of medicine that Lawrence M. Krauss points out is that, “Medicine will…extend the human lifespan considerably.” The human lifespan will be extended farther than ever. People will be able to work and live life healthier than ever due to new incredible medicines. Being able to prevent and treat cancer and other diseases seems impossible but in 50 years miracles could happen.

            In the year 2058, life will be more advanced and efficient than ever before. I see myself retired even though many scientists predict that we will be able to work for longer and longer. I want to travel around the world and learn about different cultures. Ever since I was little, I have loved to visit different countries. Hopefully in the future traveling will be more efficient and safer. Technology and medicine will not be the only advancements in the world. Our generation will create a world of wonders that will continue to grow and expand.

 

Works Cited

Brinker. Nancy. “A World without Breast Cancer.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from

Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 136.

Clarke, Richard. “What does it mean to be Human?” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from

Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 73.

Collins, Francis S. “A Revolution in Medicine.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from

Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 5.

Derewicz, Mark. “Cancer and Addiction in 2050.” Endeavors Magazine Fall 2006

Jones, Wanda. “Fifty Years from Now: Today’s Baby Reaches Middle Age.” The Way

We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 29.

Krauss, Lawrence M. “Future World: The Bad, The Good, and The Ugly.” The Way We

Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 223.

Kurzweil, Ray. “Progress Accelerates Exponentially.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years

from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 38.

Manes, Stephen. "Technology in 2047: How Smart?” The New York Times 11 March

1997. Science. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E6DD1439F932A25750C0A961958260>

Prusiner, Stanley B. “Hope for People with Brain Diseases.” The Way We Will Be 50

Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 144.

Richburg, Keith B. “Dateline: 50 Years into the Future.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years

from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 175.

Zerhouni, Elias A. “The Transformation.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60

of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 132.

Zewail, Ahmed. “The World in Fifty Years: Revolutions and Repercussions.” The Way

We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 228.

 

 

Draft #2

Dear Diary: 50 Years From Now

            In 50 years from now, I will be nearing the age of 67. I will have already been on this planet for more than half a decade    CENTURY, which is quite a scary thought. In the novel THIS IS NON-FICTION, NOT A NOVEL The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today edited my Mike Wallace, he embraces the visions of 60 of the world’s greatest minds of the future. Like several of the writers who answer the question, “What will life be like fifty years from now?” I am too optimistic about the future. I believe that the world will be a better place in half a century time. Technology will have grown immensely including having “nanobots” throughout our body which will aid in human progression and also advances in medicine will be able to treat and prevent many diseases which are looked at as being impossible to cure in this year.

            Imagine having technology inside one’s body that is affecting your brain and cells. According to an article in “The New York Times” by Manes, Joel Birnbaum states regarding the future, “we might have the computing power to build an auxiliary brain, ''perhaps a wearable one'' that could translate languages as they are spoken…” Within the next 50 years, computers will become more efficient and smarter than human brains. People will be able to advance into the future and use this artificial brain to augment our brains. The visions’ of Ray Kurzweil and Richard Clarke explain how in twenty years, computers such as “nanobots” will be in our bloodstreams and connected to network systems. This technology will keep our bodies healthy from inside. As of today, nothing computes as well, as much, and as fast as our brains. Computers in half a century will surpass our brains. Continuing, Francis S. Collins believes that in 50 years, “We will have learned how to reprogram our own cells to compensate for a problem somewhere in the body” (5). People will less likely become sick because their bodies will correct themselves when something is occurring. The lifespan of the new generation will be in the triple digits. Even though technology has not expanded rapidly in the past, the next 50 years will bring new methods that people will hardly believe.

GOOD WRITING

            I am going to be optimistic and say that in 50 years, many diseases will have cures and be preventable. A geneticist named Jim Evans from Endeavors Magazine and Keith B. Richburg, Wanda Jones, Stanley B. Prusiner, and Ahmed Zewail from the novel, all believe that by 2058, Alzheimer’s will be preventable and treatable. Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases will not be cured, but instead there will be prevention methods for these diseases. Hopefully our world will not be filled with people who have Alzheimer’s disease and people will not die from it either. Nancy G. Brinker and Elias A. Zerhouni think that researchers will find a “cure” for cancer. Breast cancer will be preventable for all women, which will be a relief for me. Many new promising vaccines will be explored and tried. Another advantage to advancement of medicine that Lawrence M. Krauss points out is that, “Medicine will…extend the human lifespan considerably.” The human lifespan will be extended farther than ever. People will be able to work and live life healthier than ever due to new incredible medicines. Being able to prevent and treat cancer and other diseases seems impossible but in 50 years miracles could happen.

            In the year 2058, life will be more advanced and efficient than ever before. I see myself retired even though many scientists predict that we will be able to work for longer and longer. I want to travel around the world and learn about different cultures. Ever since I was little, I have loved to visit different countries. Hopefully in the future traveling will be more efficient and safer. Technology and medicine will not be the only advancements in the world. Our generation will create a world of wonders that will continue to grow and expand.

WELL DONE.

Works Cited

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Brinker. Nancy. “A World without Breast Cancer.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from

Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 136.

Clarke, Richard. “What does it mean to be Human?” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from

Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 73.

Collins, Francis S. “A Revolution in Medicine.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from

Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 5.

Derewicz, Mark. “Cancer and Addiction in 2050.” Endeavors Magazine Fall 2006

Jones, Wanda. “Fifty Years from Now: Today’s Baby Reaches Middle Age.” The Way

We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 29.

Krauss, Lawrence M. “Future World: The Bad, The Good, and The Ugly.” The Way We

Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 223.

Kurzweil, Ray. “Progress Accelerates Exponentially.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years

from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 38.

Manes, Stephen. "Technology in 2047: How Smart?” The New York Times 11 March

1997. Science. 21 Sept. 2008 <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E6DD1439F932A25750C0A961958260>

Prusiner, Stanley B. “Hope for People with Brain Diseases.” The Way We Will Be 50

Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 144.

Richburg, Keith B. “Dateline: 50 Years into the Future.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years

from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 175.

Zerhouni, Elias A. “The Transformation.” The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60

of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 132.

Zewail, Ahmed. “The World in Fifty Years: Revolutions and Repercussions.” The Way

We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of The World’s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century. Ed. Mike Wallace. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 228.

GRADE 100/100 EXCELLENT WORK.

 

Draft #1

Dear Diary: 50 Years From Now