Future Trends

Group number: XXXXXXLee Cheok Feng (2i1)

Marcus Lim (2i1)Ryan Yeo (2i1)

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Title: Restoring the iDentity

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Problem 1

• Services and help come at a hefty price• Only rich can afford help• Poor or middle-class must work

independently• Rich: more skilled, better opportunities• Widening gap

Problem 1 (cont’d)

• Study: gap causes poor to borrow from rich

• Debt-to-income ratio: 1.5 as of 2010• Might have caused global recessions

Problem 2

• People before university are spoonfed• No control over decisions in life eg. Career

paths• Over-reliant; require help for all their

endeavours

Problem 2 (cont’d)

• Study: Students given tests 3 years after graduation

• Test of memory retention• Spoonfed students did poorly

Problem 3

• Lack of scholarships• Underprivileged youths deprived of

opportunities• Unearthed gems and talents

Problem 3 (cont’d)

• Scholarships that benefit all financial groups today

• Given to anyone who displays all-rounded characters

• Eg. PSC, President’s Scholarship• Future: Does not exist

Problem 4

• Adults in 2047 are too self-reliant.• Will not seek help or ask for assistance.• Make same mistakes repeatedly• Stagnant

Problem 4 (cont’d)

• Report by Arizona Republic• Young adults might have to solve their

own problems in future• No one to turn to when in need• Shoulder the responsibility of their

financial and work lives

Problem 5

• Face-to-face communication is rare• Caused by over-advancement of

technology• Relationships no longer close knit• People lose their social skills• Society becomes unfriendly

Problem 5 (cont’d)

• Study: 75% of teenagers between 12 and 17 have cell phones

• Teachers: texting tends to cause social shyness and awkwardness

Fundamental Problem

• Given that the scenario states that relationships in 2047 are poor, leading to selfishness as well as a cold society,

• It could be a problem for the people in 2047 as society will become a place where:– Nobody cares for one another– Nobody is able to communicate properly on a

face-to-face basis

Fundamental Problem (cont’d)

• How might we improve relationships between members of the society

• Such that society becomes a much friendlier place in 2047?

Bibliography• Michael Kumhof; Romain Rancière (November 2010). Inequality, Leverage and Crises. Retrieved

from http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2010/wp10268.pdf

• David Hardman (2006). Throw Away the Spoon! Making Life Difficult for Students. Retrieved from http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/library/b45335_3.pdf

• Martin A. Conway; Gillian Cohen; Nicola Stanhope (13 June 1991). On the Very Long-Term Retention of Knowledge Acquired Through Formal Education: Twelve Years of Cognitive Psychology. Retrieved from http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~paritosh/papers/KIP/ConwayLongTermRetention.pdf

• Margo Gardner; Laurence Steinberg (July 2005). Peer Influence on Risk Taking, Risk Preference, and Risky Decision Making in Adolescence and Adulthood: An Experimental Study. Retrieved from http://www.allpsychologycareers.com/topics/peer-pressure.html

• Jahna Berry (24 April 2011). Young adults face future of self-reliance. Retrieved from http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2011/04/24/20110424arizona-middle-class-young-adults-self-reliance.html

• Jennifer Ludden; Amanda Lenhart (20 April 2010). Teen Texting Soars; Will Social Skills Suffer? Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126117811

• The Singapore Government (27 March 2013). President’s Scholarship. Retrieved from http://www.pscscholarships.gov.sg/content/pscsch/default/scholarshipapplication/president_scholarship.html

Thank you!