Dick Pelletier is a “positive futurist.” Here are his predictions for a midlife/senior future around the corner.

By 2020, computer power will have doubled several times from today, which will help researchers unravel many of our genetic mysteries; and nanotechnology, the science of building things atom by atom, will advance further providing us with many new miracles that make our lives more pleasurable.

Things that will change by 2020

> Cancer and heart disease deaths will be greatly reduced, according to the NIH.

> Organ transplants won’t be needed. Doctors will grow new organs from patient tissues.

> Coronary bypass procedures will be passé as doctors use gene therapies to grow new blood vessels to replace those that are blocked.

> False teeth will be replaced by stem cell therapies that can grow fully-matured natural teeth.

> Getting lost will be nearly impossible with GPS chips in cell phones and watches; and implanted under the skin of wandering children and memory-impaired older citizens.

> Internal combustion motors will increasingly be replaced by fuel cell-powered electric motors.

> New skills will be needed for voice control of automated collision-proof driverless cars.

> We will become friends with personal robots that can think limited thoughts by themselves.

> Therapies that alter negative behavior, made possible by future brain research, will produce a more positive-thinking humanity, which many predict will one day reduce crime and violence.

Things that won’t change by 2020

> Religions will thrive. UN statisticians predict one third of the world will still be Christians, followed by Muslims, Humanists/Atheists/Free-thinkers, and Hindus, Jews, Buddhists and other smaller factions.

> Old-fashioned sex will be more enjoyable than ever. Virtual reality romances and intimate robot encounters will be embraced by many, but human-to-human love will still dominate in the 2020s.

Here’s the link to The Positive Futurist website→ Tommorrow