Can We Imagine the Far Future -- In the Year of 3000

TRY imagining what the world will be like in the year 3000. Some serious thinkers are starting to do just that.

1. In the future, you'll save time by having a robot make you exercise while you sleep.

2. By the year 3000, pro athletes will make so much money, they'll just hire people to play for them.

3. The four-legged jeans of the year 3000 will make sure you have a place to sit everywhere you go.

4. By the year 3000, cosmetics  will be much easier to apply.

5. Future advancements in plumbing will make indoor surfing at home a reality by the year 3000.

6. By the year 3000, you won't carry a backpack. It will carry you.

7. By the year 3000, your computer will punish you if you type something nasty.

8. The doctors of the future will also be magicians, so they'll be able to check your bones without x-rays.

9. By the year 3000, special devices will automatically take care of your runny nose when you're sick.

10. To save on gas, schools of the year 3000 will replace all of their bus drivers with circus performers.

11. In the future, if you want to go to another continent, you'll be able to drive there.

12. Someday, you'll be able to change just a single actor in a show without changing the show itself.

13. By the year 3000, getting a tan will only take a few seconds.

14. By the year 3000, cars will always have to stop for stop signs.