At the middle of this century, 40 years from now, where will the world’s power center be? (Poll Closed) (poll 4461503)

At the middle of this century, 40 years from now, where will the world’s power center be? (Poll Closed)

China will reign as the planet's sole superpower. 6%
The USA will still be the world’s #1 superpower, both militarily and economically. 8%
We will have a bi-polar world, with rough parity between two giants: China and the USA. 18%
It will be a wide open multi-polar world with no major controlling powers and no world government. 28%
The bulk of power will shift to the East and South, to China, India, and Brazil. 11%
By that time we will have seen the emergence of a global federation: world governance. 18%
Superintelligent Friendly AI will be the controlling power by 2050. 10%

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postfuturist - 13 years ago

Have no idea.
This is the toughest poll IEET has posted.
Andrei Stefanuca - 13 years ago

In my honest opinion, you find the truth if you add option 6 to option 7 and then divide the result by 2.
Tj Alfonso - 13 years ago

A good future will be one in which all nation states disappear, along with regionalism, and they are replaced by a system of global unitarianism in which power is divided between the central government and municipal/metropolitan governments. The central government would direct things such as social welfare, an expanded NASA-type program, the regulation of global commerce and labor. The rest of government's function could be taken care of at a local level, with programs being organized as needed along scales ranging from small rural townships to larger agglomerations such as a metropolitan entity like LA-San Diego-San Bernadino-Riverside, or maybe megopolitan entities like the BosWash megalopolis.
gnosticmike - 13 years ago

I am hoping that the Technological Singularity will push the Super Friendly AI into controlling the world by 2050.
cybernoeticman - 13 years ago

Great to see that our IEET readers are much more enlightened than average Americans. Glad to see that no-one chose "China will be sole superpower" yet.
It's just ridiculous that 30-40% of Americans think China got the biggest economy, when it's got 4 times America's population and less than half the economy.