So, how is life in 2020? The future of Europe

[00Kaleidoscope00]

how about stop making waste and build products who are sure to fail in 2 years so customers will buy the next one.and start building sustainable products. we got the technology to do it, only worthless paper which we give some kind of magic meaning is telling us not to do it. we could be 50 years ahead if we would not have the greed for profit, but the will to enrich life itself.

[P3T3RJAY]

in 1800's they believed we we'd have teleportation and holograms and robots that do everything for us

[USAandEurope]

Europe 2020 will greatly depend on how connected and competitive Europe is to other parts of the world. Search: Dan Hamilton's Europe 2020

[NandoPro86]

Jacques Attali, one of the creators of the single European currency, said: It is not our fault if the populace is convinced that the European monetary union has been made for their happiness

[USAdude30]

If Islam has there way in Europe there will be no science or technology except guns and rpg's,Everything else they burn to the ground.

[ESPmiguelUK]

if global warming is real, then why could i not get out of my front door last week because of the snow?

[BigLad510]

I wish us Brits would get the hell out of the EU. It's a load of shit! Too much red tape and corruption!

[Hollandia777]

An artificial human being? Well, in 2030 then!... xDD

[yunaas101]

@beyo5 loooooooooooooooooooooooooool there is nothing wrong being conservative the world is getting too liberal perhaps Islam will balance

[jowns0]

what exacly does Us corn have to do with european poverty? I mean it seems kind of out of place.

[futurecheck]

@jowns0 The US corn sack stands for fighting poverty and emergency aid, it is not a US-EU thing. That is how misunderstandings take place...

[Consumerofknowledge]

Less poverty?? BULLSHIT. More poverty, more wealth in the hands of a few, government is all powerful and controls everything, everything you do is monitored, cataloged and tracked. There is a dictator of the world. There, this is 2020 or 2030. Not that far away...a few years.

[GamePixelPSN]

I don't believe that we cause global warming, I mean the Earth had so many 'Warming ups' and 'Cooling Downs' in it's live.

[HessenDragoon]

This kind of reminds me of all the old videos from the 50s that said by the 70s we would all have robot maids.

[peaceoutbro102938]

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[sillychad18]

the Turks are treating tourists soo well! but it's only because they want to be let into the European Union, if that happens, there will be 73 million Muslims allowed in Europe. they will be sorry if this happens. Ethnic cleansing will happen because people can only take so much, but I worry about a lot of the innocent people dying...

[Hollandia777]

A Union of the strong ethno-cultural regions sharin' the same values & ideas - is the onlty way 4 Europe 2 survive up 2  2050!

[Hollandia777]

Strong Union of authentic ethno-cultural european regions - is the only way 4 Europe 2 survive up 2 2050!

[al3x440]

you forgot to mention that the earth would be wiped out by nuclear wars until 2020...

[shucky]

Too bad none of this will come to fruition

[TrandomnesstwO]

I say in 2020 we'll have some added technology but not a drastic difference.More of those 3D computer animated cartoons and such,maybe holoraphic keyboards. I'll be one of the last youngest ones who could say they remember anything from the 20th century. :)

[Consumerofknowledge]

@TrandomnesstwO Video games will take a revolutionary leap forward and then start to stagnant until 2030(we will have more hack/slash and kill games)...I don't know just a guess. They will finally achieve the REAL look they want since technology will enable it, this the game war is over. Hmm, sony buys microsoft, another company buys sony, nintendo rules the world, briefly.

[Kalorifer133]

with green houses and green technology how can climate still stay the same?

[futurecheck]

@Kalorifer133 No matter what the climate change will bring us, we can solve the main issue, and that is our energy sources. Keywords: green energy (sunspray, water, wind, earth heat, water) AND local energy. Climate control is impossible, energy control is very well possible.

[yunaas101]

FUNNY AND GOOD CLIP

[99waterlife]

I will be a middle age man

cool video I wonder how much of it will be like in 2020

[yunaas101]

@99waterlife I WILL BE 37 IN 2020 I THINK IM STILL YOUNG

[eliopoulosgiannis]

Ι hope life won' t be like that.

[bravdos]

Love the cars...but I agree with Cracker jack lee...how do I get it out of a line?

[terrencemesed]

is of an entirely different sort. I've watcher this film T O T A L L Y F R E E @ MovieWatcher (.) US

[CrackerJackLee]

can someone please tell me how i can get my car out from a line of parked cars?...

[MareTranquil]

Looks like they all have to be the same model in order to work that way. In that case you can just pick the first one...

[Youradumbassbarnes]

Maybe teh US, and Asia, but europe will look like an islamic shithole in 2020

[AlfredGotemark]

@Youradumbassbarnes amen to that

[FrankinHolland]

It already is.

[evaperonfan]

I was gonna say the same thing

[fruitsofnews]

have sent you a video ;-). thought it fitting enough to link.

[Atrix3349]

why is there a map of the US on the GPS?

[futurecheck]

It seemed a nice image to me when I created the vid.

[CrackerJackLee]

because they control everything...

[sevendarkdays]

What we need is more young people.

You guys know what that means :D

[isamelbou]

2020 is just around the corner, not much would change except little gizmos like the table pc replacing the lap top and also the widespread use of oled tvs other that that i will be the same shit as today.

[lolyuser1]

now* instead of know*

[lolyuser1]

I want the cars to be the same as they are know, so that I can drive one when Im older....

[Bremahhah]

some how i dont think people will be printing houses in 2020

[LexingtonWells]

Some of this sounds potentially good but other parts sounds pretty scary... but alas i doubt things will change that much by then... 11 years is but the blink of an eye when dealing with society on the macro level... hey btw can someone PLZZZZ tell me what song that is when they show the cars??

[99waterlife]

I will be 45

[kalasnikov47]

Nice fantasy but its not realistic at all

[TheNotFooled]

Rest in peace, people of European origin. A place of peace awaits you.

[sadbabe12345]

in 2020 China and Taiwan will be reunited !! and a 150 km bridge will be built. China will becoming a superpower that will bring wealth to Australia, Canada, africa and south america.because it needs to fuel its appetite for raw material .

[mastermindsro]

china brings plastic.. and chinese people :)

nothing else..

[lipevicious]

2020 is too early,i think that nothing will chage.

[AimalCool]

I agree

[MrBoomTastic000]

it took 6 years for USA to become the lone superpower in the world while Britain and France lost their status, a lot can change in only a matter of small time, the downfall of the Russian supremacy, happened in a matter of hours, no one seen it coming.

[Jagerbug]

what are you talking about lone superpower china has 1 billion more people than you im sure you would lose a war with them which means you are not really a lone superpower

[Zoza15]

Technology, Cars, A new living standard, Entertainment...

2020 is very much likely a big change for Europe...

[yunaas101]

@lipevicious thats what i tell every body what happened last decade almost nothing 2000-2009 so nothing probably will happen may new gadgets but our life will still be the same 

[aunuscus]

i can use that future fot my eventual kids

[eireboy17]

HAHAHAHAH i love europe and proud european but this is funny. i only got broadband in my region recently and its very rural in 2010.

[amaqula]

Europe will be Islamic unless the Catholic Church should be returned to.

Look to the Church again and don't let the greasy EU politicians sell the ground from under your feet! By abortion and contraception you will loose your country.

[Milne1990]

how about a better idea, scrap religion all together and then true progression can begin as religion is what holds everything and everyone back, living there backward ways. its a load of nonsense

[Hyrshau]

try to say to muslims all over the world, they would start bombing places like london immediately

[butteye02]

@Milne1990 Although there are great religions, for the most part "God" and Relicion" have been the curse of mankind.

Christianity for the western world, and Islam for the mideastern and central asian world.

When in the world will we dump this BS, turn most churches into museums showing how ignorance and superstition and hate ruled the world

And realized that if we love our fellow man & accept hem as they are- if theres a god well be favorably judged. If there isn't we[ll never know

[1tephania]

@Milne1990

North Korea has no religion, neither did the Soviet Union.

Oh but you must have been 18 when you wrote that comment... I forgive you. Teenage years..

[Iggy3d]

Europe will be 33% islamic, 33% lapse Christian and 33% irreligious. Half of former churches will be turned into mosques. Some countries would have committed demographic suicide. The Netherlands would have sunk into the sea.

Chasing left-wing academics down the street will be a popular past time. A new brand of fascism will arise: gay-right / Pim Fortuyn style...

Europe in 2020 will be a fun place to live.

[Pekingeendje]

LOL I sure hope The Netherlands won't have sunk into the sea in less only 11 years. I highly that, too. Or else I won't even make it to my 30s. ;)

[AimalCool]

By 2050, over 80% of Europe is Muslim.

[veldscha]

no 9 % look it up in real media not american !!

[Spenner56]

Big Brother anyone ?

"Criticism of the European Union is akin to blasphemy and could be restricted without violating freedom of speech"

( Advocate-General,European Court of Justice ruling,case c-274/99).

P.S. All European Court of Justice judges are selected by the all-powerful Council of Europe.

They recieve a salary of 17,000 Euros a month plus benefits (source :Prof.Schachtschneider).

In the European Charter of Fundamental Rights..the right to VOTE has been left out.

Oh dear.

[tecramos]

why they donth think something nice about the future why it must be always bad??

[dymol]

so that if it doesn't happen we are happy :P

[nokilt1]

so is that all supposed to be good?

reminds me of "brave new world" or other scary science fiction

hope the world doesnt come to this

time to get wierd,grow beards and disappear up into the mountains

and stay away til i'm old and gray

or government goes away

[mothman64]

thats what i was thinking of doing :p

[XICrusaderIX]

2020...Europe will be Eurabia!

[Ninelon]

2020 year. All people are dead cause world war 3.

[Linkage1992]

:34

The cars are having sex!

[Daxamite04]

the cars at 0:30 seem perverted....it bothers me ... :-/

[DataEntity]

Hey! It's a natural and beautiful thing! ;D

[lygophile]

probably pretty accurate.

but will we all speak with such dutch (it's dutch right?) accent as well?

[futurecheck]

True, accent is Dutch. Lots of accents will be used in English -- that continues to be the world trade language in the future.

Futurecheck

[apollo1268]

Europe is more likely headed down a road to the dark ages with the EU and the manufactured crisis of global warming. Many have signed on to the Kyoto Teaty which will serve to do nothing but weaken the more advanced countries to the benefit of other lesser nations thru wealth redistribution. It has nothing to do with saving the planet and everything to do with the ultimate utopian goal of global governance.

[Driekan]

Explain 'lesser' nations, please?

[americaneagle1967]

so much for Global warming,we have had the colest August that we have had in 20 years..lol

[FritzHohlstein]

yeah... i for my part dont believe in this global warming shit. just look on the CO2 increase and the temperature decrease around 1970. and 2000 years ago the romans could harvest wine in england and there were palms in germany... and yes, the EU is shit. our country has the biggest economy and the most habitants of all countrys in the eu, and we pay much more money to the EUcash than andy other country, but we have around 80 seats in the parliament instead of 156...

[Ksim3000]

Europe will end up going Nationalistic with riots against Islam, more emphasis on national sovereignity etc. There won't be a silver or gold century. Far from it. More people are opposed to the European project than support it. Expect the same now and in 2050.

[noisecape]

I wouldn't be surprised if we've taken a big leap backwards by 2050.

[Pocketass666]

aww damned, thats about the time I wass going to retire :S

[croscream]

Europeans will probaly turn against the left-wing academics, so we will see some universities burned to the ground; but most independent research centers should be save; especially if they are into technological research and not social research.

By 2030 we will most likely be in a silver or golden age because modernist and leftism have disappeared from Europe and classicisme and romanticism will be the new cultural norm.

Nationalism will produce small, narrow but strong cultural centers.

[Bigchief567]

I don't know about you guys but I pray to God that the future will try and stay the same right now. Too bad the whole generation is totally fucked because of overproduction!

[SouLDja88]

Meat expensive?

Cheap stem cell meat is almost ready (<8 years) to hit the stores.

Congestion problems?

Everybody will work from home (production = done by robots, all other work can be done by computer/virtual reality) and cars will drive (and fly) themselves so congestion will not be a problem.

Europe's future?

Will be horrible. I'm going to move to Asia or Australia. Thanks to our aging population we are in deeper shit than the American economy is. We are just too blind to see it.

[angel2901]

Singularity!

[scottishlad1987]

our population is ageing because people are living longer due to better healthcare than ever before, thats nothing to be scared of.

[putavyraitis]

Furthermore, there new tendencies, that birth rate in EU starts growing. However, the growth rate is still smaller than death rate.

About technology. Well oil reserves starting to end, and alternative energy sources would be very important. I don't know about Japan, but EU is in much greater place for alternative energy uses, than USA, Russia or China. So in a next decade, EU would have upper hand.

But still, Silver or Golden ages seams too optimistic

[khayelitshaparty]

Dumb optimists... 12 years is nothing... try the year 20020 or at least year 3000.

[korben0809]

it will b just like communism but more effecient!!it is true ppl are in fact stupid not arrogant thinking the system remains democratic no matter what!they will wake up some day...history shows us ;).muhahaha..that 1 was for the system :P

[BlizBob]

Sex still the same? Darn...

[coolohman]

cool

[samgamje01]

nowhere to hide, DVD and peer to peer will disapear, your every move will be traced and recorded by the police, you will work until you die. you will be just a gear in a system that will function on a  zero tolerance and 100% suspicion basis. It will be a lot more sofisticated system than the one in 1984's George Orwell's novel. I live in Paris, I hate people's snotiness and arrogance, and I can feel every day people's despise against any one who criticize the system. You just have to accept it.

[kyotorocks]

Don't just accept it.

In the words of George Orwell when asked what society could do to fight the power of the state:

"Don't let it happen"

[renjida19]

self-cleaning houses? hahah that'd be good.

[louis12346]

Follow the Money to TAX the workers & Eugenics 50-90% population reduction,World UN Carbon Tax,Depression

[thefunze]

Self cleaning houses in 11 years? we will all be living in the same dumps if we haven't been replaced by our robot overlords yet

[mrbtardation]

The big brother problem is mainly in britains but yes, do need to worried about that.

[couchpotatoe387]

That's pretty laughable. I think that more likely is a smoldering wasteland, filled with the craters from progressive interventionist countries such as the US and Russia.

Don't let government decide what's best for you. Every individual knows what's best for himself, and for governments to dictate idealogies through taxes flies right in the face of individualism.

I could care less if my entire house is a tv screen if I'm still lacking freedom from government coersion.

[WestBoroughChurch]

not everyone knows whats best for himself....some people clearly need direction in their lives

[riethc]

In 12 years?

[applecakepie]

every body knows that in 2020 Europe will be apart of the Russian Federation

[americaneagle1967]

In soviet russia we will be strong Like a bear.All EU will be our pole cleaners..

Like in the Great war! when we defeated the

beast..Thier woman treated us good.

[RadekEU]

"In soviet russia we will be strong Like a bear" eagle

• I knew you are commie.

• Fortunatelly you are 40. I have 33% chance that you are super fat american, and 66% chance you are overweight. So that we can count that in some 5 or 10 years you get hearth attack, hopefully they won´t treat you because of old insurence, and you will finally die, and your american eagle scavenger will eat you. So have a nice day old man.

[wuzi2008]

In what way can Russia hope to absorb the EU? 4 times the population, 9 times the military spedning, 14 times the economy... It's a hopeless dream.

[Tyllestein]

No way, In 2020 Europe will be Muslim, and about to join to become a part in a one world country. Then of course we will be chipmarket and tracked like cows and dogs are today, making sure we do not do anything illegal. People are feeling bad enough because of the world and its food and its air and the fluoride in everything. STOP!! FUORIDE MAKES YOU DEPRESSED AND STUPID!!! Read about it! Its in our water, its in our food, its in everything!

[nqkoiotbg]

2020 rulz

[tomfromeur]

yeah... this future sucks. because it seems like people have no freedom and the poverty thing is not true either. In future you have more poverty than ever before.

[nanaki7]

If this keeps on going today than in 2020 Europe is a Islamic state.

[Dalbert342]

over my dead body

[BlizBob]

And United states of America will be UCKA "United christian kingdom of America". Aka. "Fundamestan".

Main exports will be bibles and war.

Main import will be foreign aid.

Slogan: "In the book we trust".

[americaneagle1967]

what type of aid??

[americaneagle1967]

bliz

the same kind mother russia gave you in the cold war??

[macdeath69]

Cyberpunk 2020, here we are !!!

No Future ? But future is NOW !!!

[djneo92nl]

sounds like a sales pitch

[sarcasmo57]

I think your right.

[badwolf66]

That future sounds like crap to me.

[futurecheck]

Why? Please give arguments.

[flameded]

search "directive 51" and "amero"

[AtheistSweden]

There will be war...

[tigim88]

and the number of the gypsys will be twice as now

[TheGreatGar]

I dont see this happening in 12 years sorry...

[futurecheck]

Why not? Please give arguments.

[TheGreatGar]

Well the first part is ok, the cars maybe...

But flooting and self cleaning houses I dont see that happening...

[Wasknijper6]

Eh, they allready exist...

[Edward05261991]

I could see this in my life.

[Eichichan]

ok...uhm...about these cars. If there are like 3 of them parking behind each other...how does the one in the middle get out of there? Oo

[GusBus101]

you don own ur own car u park it and then when u leave you take the one infrot of the line u probably pay with ur credit card and it starts up.

[Asmith1317]

No thanks, I don't want it!

[Edward05261991]

It is very close.

[happyseaurchin]

it's not technology that will save us

i am afraid

it is our social cohesion

social innovation

which means a serious upgrade in our intern-personal skills

our ability to trust

to work in small groups

and scalability

nice to put it on the agenda though :)

2020worldpeace

[ukidding]

the cars won't look like that in 2020

maybe 2200.

intelligence, innovation will be paramount.

[DESheffield2nd]

they already have cars like that. take a look at Japan.

[LCSL]

there are cars that drive by themselves now with a dual core processor and in 2020 or 2030 the traffic with cars at 200mph on rush hour and the cars driving by themselves with a computer, like an autopilot

[DogyKane]

Yeah, wt's da name of that song in da begging?

[xxabulletxx]

in 2020 Most Europeans will be death, and the population would be mostly based on immigrants from developing nations...

[carnivore74]

cool video! whats the name of the song starting at 0.29 ? thanks

[Snelheid]

remix on the popcornmachine

something like that:P

[hahohehiha]

why don't u make a similar video about U.S.A.?

we are all interested to see how you guys will live.

[futurecheck]

a video about USA in 2020 would only be different in terms of demography and culture. In terms of technological advancement, there are no differences with Europe.

Kindly, Futurecheck

[rainmancdw5]

Sharia law will be dominant in 2020. Don't fool yourselves.

[gnivri2]

Not if we fight back and build parties that promise to end immigration! It's just a matter of removing the traitors in government and replacing them with nationalists! Without the government betraying its people the muslisms couldn't possibly impose sharia law on Europe!

[lordvulcrum]

Wow, I did some research and you seem pretty well on the mark, futurecheck! What do you have to say about antiaging and genetic modifying technology? I heard they were going to be major in the future.

[futurecheck]

Indeed, antiaging & genetic modifying will be major in the future. The combination of advances in biotechnology & mini-ICT make it possible to satisfy a latent need for improved health in a greying society. So, we are creating the "enhanced" human body.

Kindly, Marcel Bullinga

[lordvulcrum]

Hey, why would meat be more expensive?

[futurecheck]

There are 3 reasons why meat will be more expensive. 1. there will be a battle between foodcrops and biofuels. 2 the demand for food will grow because of the new wealth of India and China. 3 The climate change will affect food area's.

[portuguesecalmdude]

wait wait wait did he just said children will look older?

that's insane!!!

[futurecheck]

No that´s not insane. Children will grow up in a virtual world where they more privacy and can be reached individually -- for the first time in history. They also have extreme early access to adult material. So, puberty will start earlier and children will act and behave more "adult", that is, older. Raising a child will be much more difficult than in the old days.

[KINGOFTIME18]

hmm i see.

So they act and behave as an adult earlier but he said "look" older...

[futurecheck]

You are right, "look older" might put the viewer in the wrong direction, but I tried to catch the whole trend in one simple word.

[niteshprakash]

very well put! the video definitely puts the future into perspective. High time somebody thought aboutit. However, it could be a little more optimistic.. otherwise, good work.

[asianplustravel]

This is a great video for anyone and made me would love to know and prepare myself for the future. Well... Time is so fast and future is coimg soon