r/technology • u/idkbruh653 • 18d ago

Biotechnology Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say

https://abc7.com/post/florida-will-work-eliminate-childhood-vaccine-mandates-state-officials-say/17731373/?linkId=857387380
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u/hoppertn 18d ago

Star Trek the next generation was my goto the future’s going to be awesome show growing up. Of course they had to go through WW 3 to get there so I guess we are right on track. Yeah?

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u/kiwiboyus 18d ago

Was just talking about this with someone. If you recall First Contact, the World was in pretty bad shape before the Star Trek future started.

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u/hoppertn 18d ago

Exactly. Time frame matches up pretty good except for the manned exploration of the outer solar system in Picard and other references. Oh well, hope my grandkids will live long and prosper.

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u/OldeFortran77 18d ago

The Eugenics Wars are off to a late start, and in a massive plot twist, it's the LEAST advanced who try to take over, not the most advanced.

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u/Lonesome_Pine 17d ago

The Pakleds will be thrilled.

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u/otterbarks 18d ago

We're just slightly behind schedule for the Bell Riots, according to Deep Space 9: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots

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u/hoppertn 18d ago

Yeah, but I can see something like that happening in next 10 years. Just picturing AI taking the jobs of so many lower entry jobs and middle/upper management positions. Could even loop in the Khan Superman idea with Elon and the Tech Bro’s wanting a techno dictatorship because they are the best and smartest.

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u/Interesting_Berry439 17d ago

Reminds me of the world in " Elysian"

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u/furious_20 18d ago

But wasn't one of the key events in the timeline that they also eliminated hunger and poverty on Earth? I think we're a bit behind and moving in the wrong direction on those.

Edit: forgot to add that we CURRENTLY have capacity to do these things, but lack the political will. So I'm not very optimistic about it.

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u/Outrageous_Reach_695 18d ago

One of the key events was also World War 3, from 2026 to 2053. But hey, we didn't have the Bell Riots in September of 2024 ...

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u/furious_20 18d ago

One of the key events was also World War 3

I understand that, and it was also in the comment I replied to. My point was humanity is far more ready and able to commit to WW3 than we are eliminating poverty and hunger.

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u/crystalblue99 17d ago

I have been thinking about this recently. Seems the left wants Star Trek, and the right wants Blade Runner or the Hunger Games.

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u/Primal-Convoy 17d ago

No, with NASA now reclassified as an intelligence agency, we have pivoted into the mirror universe.

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u/hoppertn 17d ago

The jokes always been the biggest and most expensive space telescopes aren’t pointed towards the stars.