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Recent polling data demonstrates that more and more Americans are uneasy

about the future. There are plenty of problems on the horizon to keep us

busy, but it's important to remember that the future also brings new

innovatons and opportunites. In no partcular order, here are ten reasons

you can be optmistc about the future.

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Falling Crime RatesTurn on the evening news, and you might get the impression that the

world is being torn apart by criminals and that violent crime rates

have never been higher. In reality, the exact opposite is true. Crime

has been falling steadily for decades. Rapes, murders, and assaults

are at historic lows.

More American EntrepreneursIt's trendy to bemoan the decline of the American educaon system.

Crics love to quote numbers about Chinese dominance in math and

science, but they fail to understand a crucial truth about the Ameri

can educaon system: that while we are slipping in categories that

are driven by rote memory and pracce, American students havenever had more collecve confidence or creavity two skills that

are becoming increasingly important in our rapidly evolving informaon economy. While confi

dence and creavity may not get you a 1600 on your SAT's, they are the exact qualies that an

imate our great innovators like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates. The future belongs

to the bold, and no school system creates more bold thinkers than the United States school

system.

Rapidly Acceleratng Internet PenetratonIt's amazing to consider that there are nearly five billion people on

this planet who do not yet have access to the Internet. Internet pene

traon rates have been skyrockeng since 2006, and the trend shows

no signs of slowing down. If you think the Internet is amazing now,

wait unl the other five billion people show up at the party.

Improving Conditons for WomenFor the greater part of human history, women have been relegated to

background roles. It's easy to forget that as recently as 1920, women

did not even have the right to vote in the United States. Now, women

graduate college more quickly and more frequently than their male

counterparts. Women also account for just under 47% of the U.S.

workforce and have a lower unemployment rate than men.

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Designer OrgansIt seems like the stuffof science ficon, but it's becoming a reality

designer organs grown from cells from your own body. In the future,

the organ donor may be a relic of the past. If you need a liver, a doc

tor will simply take a few cells and grow them in a livershaped mold.The result is a liver that is customized to your unique chemistry and

has almost no chance of rejecon, and a world in which death by

organ failure is all but obsolete.

The Large Hadron ColliderThe Large Hadron Collider is the largest and highestenergy parcle

accelerator ever created. It is 17 miles in circumference and located

on the Swiss border near Geneva. Basically, it is the most ambious

and important science project in the history of mankind. It is ex

pected to answer some of the most baffling and fundamental ques

ons about our physical universe, such as the nature of dark mater

and the existence of alternate dimensions. Experiments are ongoing, but the real fun begins in

2014, when the LHC is turned up to full power (it is currently operang at about half its even

tual capacity).

The Human Genome ProjectThe Human Genome Project was a massive iniave designed to en

list thousands of sciensts in the pursuit of a single goal the map

ping of the human genome. In 2003, the project was completed

(ahead of schedule), and now the long, arduous process of analyzing

and interpreng the data is underway. There

have already been some extraordinary discoveries, such as genes that

seem to be directly related to aging. By deacvang these genes, we may be able to double

the life of the average human. Other possibilies are finding genec markers for diseases and

dysfuncons that will give new insights into possible cures and preventave measures.

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Automated CarsThe average luxury car can now sense traffic, alert you when you are

within a few feet of a car, and moderate the speed and steering of

your vehicle. It doesn't take a huge leap of imaginaon to see wherethis is all ending up automac cars that drive themselves. In fact,

several prototypes have already successfully demonstrated this ca

pacity, and mainstream automakers insist that the technology is

available to make these features safe provided we can get over our apprehension about

being hurled down a highway by a computer program.

Social NetworksSocial networks like Facebook and Twiter are miraculous communi

caon tools in countries where freedom of speech is not guaranteed.

They give dissidents the means to organize quickly and without fear

of retribuon. Nearly all of the major revoluons in the Arab world

have been preceded by rallying cries on social networks; most no

tably the Egypan Revoluon, which literally began as a Facebook Event request. Social net

works are the ulmate tools of democracy; they elevate ideas over authority and promote thefree flow of informaon.

Stronger GenetcsMost people understand the perils of inbreeding. When there is not

enough genec variety between the two parents, the children ofenend up with recessive defects that would not occur if either of the

parents was more genecally distant from the other. This principle

works both ways. As people begin to mate with people of more dis

parate genec backgrounds (a trend that is unique to our era of

global travel and migraon), recessive defects are all but eliminated from the human gene

pool.