Writing about the futrue I think it is a difficult task to write about the future, because no-one can really know what the future will be like. Some people try: especially scientists, politicians, economist and all kinds of fortune-tellers for very different reasons. As far it concerns me, I see the future neither optimistic nor pessimistic. Every pro has a con, hasn't it? For example technological progress had and still has a big influence to our lives. Although the lives of the privileged have become more and more convenient not everyone profits from technical achievements. In particular people don't in the third world.