Future Studies Gifts

The End of the World is postponed from 2000 to 2112.

'You will work harder for less than your parents and you may never retire. The good news is, you'll live longer.'

"I went back to warn them, but they already knew and didn't seem to care."

"You're going to have to repeat the class for the third time because you miss so much during your Friday strikes...What's going to become of you?"

'7 new planets discovered like Earth..' 'When do we leave?'

March 8, 2030: the debut of 'Rocky 19.'

Pretty Soon: Robot pets won't provide the valuable life lessons flesh pets did.

School. Career Day. When you grow up, what do you want to be if the job still exists?

"This primitive communication device is all that's left of what was once a thriving civilization."

Child stares at older self in puddle.

'You see before you a Shopping Trolley. Pre-Transition people would fill these with goods from across the globe in giant 'super' markets...'

"Where's my jet pack? They promised us jet packs."

Budgetmageddon

'Forget the rest, THIS is your future!'

'New Millennium' 'Mind you don't drag any of that rubbish in on your feet!'

Totalitarian Humour

The future: watch your step

Career Opportunities of the Future

Clones are people two!

"Welcome to the future"

The Past/The Future

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

'Will you raise my allowance? I want to play doctor but can't afford the malpractice insurance.'

"When I grow up, I want to go into medicine and help people who can pay out of pocket."

Early Adopter...Early Opt-Outer

Gracie's baby toys.

Little Doctor meets Little Geneticists.

Timmy has a great future in nano-technology.

"You know what happens when you make good grades? They send you to another school called college."

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!, 'Boy, talk about psychobabbl!'

'The path to becoming an astronaut is rougher than I thought.'

"Maybe he's so sad that he's leaving us to go to college that he actually looks happy. Please don't ruin it for me with reality."

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

"Here...let me call an expert...someone who knows about these things."