Future Forecasts of the Future

"Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!"
-George Bernard Shaw

And now, here are the top ten futurist forecasts for 2009 and beyond:
http://www.wfs.org/Sept-Oct08/Nov-Dec%20FUTURIST/topTen.htm

The most frightening and dubiously obvious forecast was made by Gene Stephens in "Cybercrime in the Year 2025," where he writes, "Everything you say and do will be recorded by 2030."

Are we already seeing the beginning stages of this in social networking sites and items like digital dog tags?

There seems to be a fine line between safety and invasion of privacy.

Perhaps in the future, with "Access to electricity reaching 83% and Urbanization hitting 60% of the world by 2030," people can dispense with the literal witch hunts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/3407882/Child-witches-of-Nigeria-seek-refuge.html