Mark and Josie discuss their future predictions including energy generation, transportation, remote work, changes in education, virtual schools, electronic books, longer human lifespans, renewable energy sources, electric cars, working from home, online libraries, and the possibility of humans living forever.
Renewable energy sources such as water, wind, and the sun are likely to replace gas and coal for energy generation in the future.
The future may see a shift towards virtual schools with the use of virtual reality headsets and electronic books replacing paper ones, leading to the decline of physical libraries.
Deep dives
Future Energy Sources and Transportation
In this conversation between Josie and Mark about their predictions for the future, they discuss how energy will be generated using water, wind, and the sun, and the likelihood of gas and coal being replaced. They also mention the possibility of all cars being electric in the future, with significant changes in their design. Furthermore, they anticipate that most people will work from home, leading to a reduction in travel. They also speculate about the virtualization of schools and the use of electronic books instead of paper ones.
Speculations on the Future of Education and Books
Josie and Mark predict that in the future, schools will become virtual, where children will use virtual reality headsets for their lessons. They suggest that traditional paper-based writing will be obsolete, and writing will only be done using computers. While they believe that books will still exist, they anticipate that all books will be electronic, eliminating the need for physical libraries and replacing them with online libraries. They express personal preferences for reading real books and discuss the uncertain feelings about potential scientific advancements in prolonging human life.
In this extra episode of Coffee Break English, Mark and Josie discuss their future predictions. Pay attention to how they express the future as you listen!
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