It's the year 2111. Any technology you can think of, exists...

[ScorpionPrince]

In 100 years time, technology has become so advanced that anything is possible (bear with me). Do you think any amount of techology can rid the world of dictatorships, corrupt governments, and terrorist organisations? Like really ANYTHING you can think of. Is it possible? World peace and democracy for all? Though technology alone?

 

[Sethzard]

The problem is that they might have the advanced tech. This means that we would be at a stalemate.

 

[RobotNinja]

Bigger bombs of course. Remember, if violence doesn't solve a problem, use more violence.

 

[erztez]

Yes, yes it can. Simply put, people that run dictatorships are usually the same people who suppress new tech. Meaning that they will always be a few steps behind those that at least pretend to run a democracy.

 

[ZombieGenesis]

Equalibrium. That's all I have to say on the matter.

 

[h0wdyth3r3]

As long as free will exists, there will be a desire for the betterment of one's self to the exclusion of all others. Pursuit of this in the extreme leads to things such as corrupt government, terrorism, and other such horrible things. The instant one attempts to "cure" this thought however, one crosses the line from benefactor to mind-controlling big brother. After all, if you could mold people into happiness, such technology could be twisted for other, far less appealing ends. Anything that messes with your ability to think is subject to the person doing the controlling. Food for thought.

 

[FarleShadow]

Yes, through Nanotechnology and automation.

If you can have everything, eat anything, modify yourself in anyway and never get old, suddenly doing dangerous shit seems alot less appealing (The 'If you lived for 1000 years, you certainly wouldn't bungee jump if there was a 1 in 10,000 chance of instant death' argument).

Oh, and also never have to work. Think the 'Culture' society from Baxter's books.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

The idea that every member of society can come together and make good decisions is so laughably childish, holy fuck.

we'll probably just have found new ways to kill each other.

 

[Polaris19]

In 100 years time, technology has become so advanced that anything is possible (bear with me). Do you think any amount of techology can rid the world of dictatorships, corrupt governments, and terrorist organisations? Like really ANYTHING you can think of. Is it possible? World peace and democracy for all? Though technology alone?

Short of a a hundred nuclear bombs going off around the world simultaneously, no.

 

[Falconsgyre]

Limitless energy + perfect virtual reality simulations, run by indestructible, unhackable equipment, with all source code fully open. Then, downloadable knowledge, allowing everyone to make perfectly well-informed decisions. With absolute universal knowledge, each person is qualified to examine any workings of the VR simulation and throw in their own safeguards to prevent brainwashing. Now anyone who wants to opt out of reality can live in their own simulated heaven, meaning that all the disaffected members of society can just leave.

For the suckers who decide to stay in the real world, limitless energy and replicators allows anyone to obtain anything they need, removing wars over resources and greed as a source of conflict in the world. Add in space travel and perfect terraforming capabilities to remove overpopulation as a problem.

Perfect knowledge means all people can work towards their own self-actualization. We'll doubtless have a better grasp of psychology and sociology by then, too, allowing for some nice social engineering. And given perfect knowledge, each person is able to spot manipulation, giving all of us a very good shot to avoid being taken advantage of and controlled.

Hopefully, this removes pretty much all motivations people have to start wars and dictatorships, and gives us a safety valve out in any case in the form of VR.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

Bigger bombs of course. Remember, if violence doesn't solve a problem, use more violence.

Fight fire with explosions. No, really, it's super effective.

OT:
First of all, I doubt that everything I can imagine will be possible that soon. Otherwise, there's alot of potential for evil people with natural charisma in 100 years, so I doubt it will have much effect.

 

[Trolldor]

In 100 years time, technology has become so advanced that anything is possible (bear with me). Do you think any amount of techology can rid the world of dictatorships, corrupt governments, and terrorist organisations? Like really ANYTHING you can think of. Is it possible? World peace and democracy for all? Though technology alone?

Mind controlling pacifiers utilised by the thought police who think saying bad things should be outlawed.

 

[ScorpionPrince]

Limitless energy + perfect virtual reality simulations, run by indestructible, unhackable equipment, with all source code fully open. Then, downloadable knowledge, allowing everyone to make perfectly well-informed decisions. With absolute universal knowledge, each person is qualified to examine any workings of the VR simulation and throw in their own safeguards to prevent brainwashing. Now anyone who wants to opt out of reality can live in their own simulated heaven, meaning that all the disaffected members of society can just leave.

For the suckers who decide to stay in the real world, limitless energy and replicators allows anyone to obtain anything they need, removing wars over resources and greed as a source of conflict in the world. Add in space travel and perfect terraforming capabilities to remove overpopulation as a problem.

Perfect knowledge means all people can work towards their own self-actualization. We'll doubtless have a better grasp of psychology and sociology by then, too, allowing for some nice social engineering. And given perfect knowledge, each person is able to spot manipulation, giving all of us a very good shot to avoid being taken advantage of and controlled.

Hopefully, this removes pretty much all motivations people have to start wars and dictatorships, and gives us a safety valve out in any case in the form of VR.

This is what I was thinking of as well, though not in as much detail. Thank you for your post.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

I really don't have a clue what the distant future will be like. I'd imagine it will change in ways we wouldn't think possible, and stay the same in some weirdly remedial senses, (Eg, we will have wireless technology that responds to our thoughts and brainwaves, but dentists will still be painfully drilling the crap out of our mouths)

Captcha: Ommioca arise sounds like a Blue Oyster Cult song.

 

[Serving UpSmiles]

People misuse the word deomocracy so much these days...

 

[nukethetuna]

A self-sustaining computer system that keeps every human in a personal state of virtual reality that reacts to their wants and desires to create a perfect existence that encompasses all 5 senses.

It's like the Matrix, only the computers actual cared about making us like the world we were in.

 

[MetroidNut]

So long as humanity is here and free (IE, not lorded over by a "benevolent" AI dictator), we will always be assholes to each other. It's human nature. We evolved to be greedy bastards, and it's worked for three million years. No amount of technology - barring something that completely changes/enslaves us as a species, an even less appealing prospect - will ever change that.

Technology could make it a little bit easier to fight the assholes, though, as it seems to have done for quite a few Middle Eastern dictatorships...