21st Century.docx

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CENTURY SUBMITTED BY: EMMANUEL A. SALAZAR

SUBMITTED TO: RAINNIEL E. MARCOS

WHAT IS TARLAC CITY 20 YEARS FROM NOW

It is pretty easy to predict what the world will be like by comparing today with 1995 (20 years ago). Today, we are still driving cars; doors still need keys to open; a few new buildings have popped up; and we are eating the same food we ate back in 1995. As for changes - we have greater access to the internet; memory storage devices have improved drastically; communication devices have gotten smaller and much more mobile; start-ups and freelancers are beginning to dominate the economy of the world instead of large corporations, and everything is beginning to form at a micro-level; higher taxes, etc. Then, in 20 years from now 2035 - we will have access to the internet at every corner of the world and wifi technology would be so advanced that it would replace 5G cell network to beginning a life of free internet for anyone living in the city. Memory storage and battery technology will be at its maturing state whereby we could charge a week's worth of power in less than 5 minutes. Availability of information allows individuals to have greater access to skills and education. All individuals are capable of forming and executing their own ideas individually without a company or co-founders. Accountants will be obsolete by the replacement of online accounting solutions. Effectively created a world of one-man business all around. (We would still need lawyers though...) Freelancer will take over permanent employment. Jobs will be posted onsite or online and freelancers will choose what they want to work on today, and have a different work tomorrow. All jobs will be task oriented instead of contract terms/time oriented. Medical science will take another leap, like 1995 to 2015. But it would be 2015 to 2035. Tarlac City will be the next big thing on Times headlines as its economy starts to expand as its population begin to increase from 3 million inhabitants to 5 million (hopefully). Tarlac City would have budget cut on space explorations after James Webb Telescope being put in orbit and the maintenance of the telescope consume most of the NASA's budget. Tarlac City would have sent drones to Mars by then. India, Pakistan, Mongolia, Russia and Korea will have space cooperation with Tarlac City. Tarlac City would most likely stick with US due to political ties. Tax will be higher. And we would still be driving cars, with oil.