2020 is fast approaching, and although it's a year marked by a unique number form, there
are a lot of events that are likely going to help define the year.
But what are they?
Join us as we explore them all!
8.
The Superhero War Continues Without a doubt, the "event" that has defined
the last 10 years of pop culture history is by and large the "Superhero War" that is going
on in movie theaters all over the world.
Sure, the Marvel Cinematic Universe started in 2008, but it was within this current decade
that things really took off.
Including having the Avengers film in 2012 break 200 million at the domestic box office
in its first week, several movies across the superhero spectrum breaking 1 billion dollars
in profits, including Aquaman and likely Joker which surprised any people.
And of course, Avengers Endgame becoming the best-grossing movie in all of cinema history.
So where does that leave us for 2020?
What's coming up?
Well, for the MCU, they have two movies that they're really hoping continues their hotstreak
as it were.
First up in Black Widow, which has been a film a long time coming in the eyes of fans.
It's technically a prequel movie (as Black Widow died in Endgame, spoilers!) but we don't
think fans will mind.
The big risk for Marvel though is Eternals, which is a lesser known franchise in the Marvel
comics world, but it has an all-star lineup, so maybe that'll cover it.
As for DC Comics, they're arguably aiming to have their biggest year yet with two major
films.
First is Birds of Prey starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn.
This will be yet another R-Rated DC Comics film (following Joker) and many think it'll
be a hit.
Then, there's the highly-anticipated Wonder Woman 1984.
The original Wonder Woman also shocked the world with just how quality it was, and many
expect the sequel to do the same.
So which of these two sides will reign supreme when all is said and done?
It's hard to say, but it's going to be a fun year either way.
7.
Global Warming Continues Ok, we had our fun, now let's get to a little
more serious of a note here, and that would be to talk about Global Warming.
The event is something that is literally taking the world by storm...so to speak because many
in the governments are refusing to acknowledge its existence, and the few that are aren't
able to do much to get things done.
That's why many people like Greta Thunberg have stepped up to try and bring more attention
to this epidemic that honestly is gripping our planet.
Of course, the question you're likely asking is, "But how much can one year do in the grand
scope of the world even with Global Warming on full blast?"
And to be fair, the effects might not be what you think, but that's not the question to
ask here.
Think of Global Warming like a crack in a dam.
At first, you might think, "oh, that crack won't grow big enough to harm anyone...",
so you leave it there unattended, until eventually the whole dam bursts and floods everything
in sight.
That's where we're headed in many ways.
That's why people like Greta are stepping forward, to make sure that we don't waste
one more year in regards to trying to prevent Global Warming, or at the very least trying
to ensure that we buy ourselves some time to better prevent it.
There are ways to slow down Global Warming, but we need to take action in order to do
so.
Global Warming will continue to happen, but whether we try and stop it is up to us entirely.
6.
Overpopulation Unlike Global Warming, many people in the
world acknowledge that Overpopulation is not only a real thing, but that it grows every
single year.
Pop quiz, on average, how many people are born in a single year?
Don't worry, I'll wait while you think of your answer, and no cheating!
I'll know if you do... ...done?
Good, the answer is...about 131.4 million people per year.
That's a lot of people!
And if that were the only factor to figure, you could easily see why Overpopulation is
a problem, but you might have forgotten that a lot of people also die every year.
On average, the death rate of the world is 55.3 million people per year, and some of
those sadly are the babies that are born.
But...even with the difference, that means that there are still about 76.1 people in
the world that are being added to all the other people in the world.
Which by the way is about 7.53 billion as of 2017, and is expected to be close to or
over 8 billion people in 2021, so in 2020, we'll be getting ever closer to that number.
The reason that Overpopulation matters as a whole is a question of resources.
As marvelous as humanity is in many ways, we do don't create a natural equilibrium with
our environment like regular animals do.
We take a lot of resources to do our own thing, especially with major cities and metropolitan
areas.
So with even more people to take care of, those resources will be further strained,
and if something isn't done, more people could end up homeless, or without the things they
need to take care of themselves and their family.
Which is why efforts are being done to find us new places to live...
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5.
The Mission to Mars Continues If you're looking to find an event that'll
likely define the next decade of the human race, then the missions to Mars will be that
event.
Granted, in 2020 we're not going to be going to Mars, landing on Mars, or anything that
impactful, however, between NASA and SpaceX, tests will be going on to try and get us to
the red planet for us to potentially live on.
So what exactly needs to be done in 2020?
Well, in regards to SpaceX, they're going to be further testing their brand new rockets
and spaceships (yes, they're really making a thing called a spaceship) in order to ensure
that it can make the journey to Mars, which is VERY important because no man-made ship
(probes and satellites don't count) has ever made it to anywhere close to Mars.
So the notion of having a ship that can not only survive in deeper space, but would be
able to handle all sorts of situations we didn't have to deal with in the moon missions
is paramount.
Furthermore, both SpaceX and NASA will continue to work on what supplies to take to the planet,
and figure out how the first colonists will survive on Mars for their first voyage.
It's easy to think about what you need to survive on Earth, but on Mars it's a different
problem.
Mars is VERY different from Earth, and if we put them on the planet with the wrong kind
of supplies and such, it's going to kill them and there's nothing we can do about it.
Thus, while it may not seem it now, these years of preparation are vital to the colonization
movement as a whole.
Because without this preparation, something can and will go wrong, and no one wants that.
4.
Asteroid Impact While we're on the topic of space, let's talk
about comets, meteors and asteroids.
These are things that we absolutely know are in space, and sometimes we can see them harmlessly
rain down from above.
Other times they break up in the atmosphere and crash into the Earth in a way that we
can collect them and learn more about space as a whole.
And sometimes, they can come into the Earth's atmosphere, crash into the planet and create
such an explosion of energy that they can wipe out all the dinosaurs.
Do I need to explain which one we hope DOESN'T happen in the year 2020?
Yeah, exactly.
Not surprisingly, there are a lot of people who fear asteroid strikes, but they're not
really sure how likely it honestly is that this will happen.
Ironically enough, even NASA has issues trying to figure out the likelihood of such events,
so they decided to launch up a satellite that'll help them map out the nearby areas of space
and see what was up there.
To their shock, they found hundreds of undocumented comets, meteors and asteroids, many of which
were "near-Earth Objects", meaning that they could potentially hit the Earth.
To be clear, not all of them pose a danger to us, some will very likely dissolve in the
atmosphere with no ill effects to us.
But there are some that could pose a danger, and NASA admits that while unlikely, 2020
is a year in which an impact of some kind could happen.
Depending on the size of the meteor or asteroid that hits, it could cause a lot of damage.
3.
Magnetic Pole Shift There are many things that hold the world
together, and often times you live your life without even realizing it.
For example, you know that the atmosphere in our world keeps the air in, right?
But what you sometimes forget is that it also shields us from all the harmful radiation
that the sun emits, thus keeping us safe while still keeping us warm and letting the light
in.
Another thing that keeps us together is the Earth's magnetic poles.
Which help keep things in a certain place if you will by emitting strong electromagnetic
bonds.
However, there are some who believe that 2020 could be a year in which those magnetic poles...shift.
Why does that matter?
Well, think of it like this, the poles as they are placed right now keep things "locked
down" in terms of position in many aspects.
So...what do YOU think would happen if those very important lockdown positions suddenly
shifted?
Yeah, exactly, other things would have to shift with it.
To the extent that various areas of the world would become flooded to a terrible degree.
Projections estimate that if such a shift happened that places like North America, Africa,
and more would be ripped apart and divided by the rising and shifting waters.
But what would cause such a shift?
Several things actually, and some people believe that they could happen in 2020 or the near
future.
This would include things like an asteroid impact, a chain of volcanic eruptions, and
more.
Granted, that's a lot of random chance, but it could happen.
2.
The American 2020 Election Politics aren't something that a lot of people
want to talk about...until it gets to election season, and even then if we're being honest.
And not so ironically the American elections are the ones that the eyes of the world are
super focused on.
In 2016, that very world was shocked when Donald Trump won the Presidency when all charts
showed that Hilary Clinton was set to win, just going to prove that you can't always
trust predictions and charts.
Anyway, what was to follow would be one of the most controversial presidencies in all
of history, and American has had some controversial runs in the past.
But with Trump, people are so over what he's done and what he's tried to do that they are
almost desperate to try and get to the 2020 elections so that someone else can get elected.
As for who are the frontrunners, that's a little hard to say, as politics are tricky
and one person can be a leader one moment and then be out of the running the next.
Which is another reason Trump's victory was so shocking, because no one expected him to
make it that far in the first place.
Regardless of who might win, just about everyone who cares about the United States and the
world at large hopes that it will be literally ANYONE but Donald Trump.
But, he can still run again, and technically speaking he does have a chance to run again.
Which for many would be like a literal doomsday scenario, but that's for another list.
Either way though, if you have the power to vote, and you want to see change in your country,
be sure to vote.
Else someone you might not like may get elected because not enough people felt like they could
change the world.
1.
Technology Grows Even More If we're looking at both the future and the
likely future, technology is no doubt on that particular path.
So much so that the question isn't whether technology will advance in 2020, but rather,
how MUCH it'll advance in 2020?
You might have noticed, but 2019 had some big strides in regards to technology, not
the least of which was the building of special AI's that many people have in their homes
and robots that are beginning to act like human beings...
So where will we be in 2020?
There are many paths it could go, including the VR landscape, which has been growing in
popularity over the last several years.
Scientists are trying to use VR technology to grow interactivity in the cyberworld, which
of course means that we're getting one step closer to the holodecks of Star Trek.
AI growth is also very likely, which means Skynet could be coming any year now.
There's also new gaming consoles coming out, the latest new "powerful" computer system,
brand new cars like the Tesla that can drive themselves, and more.
So the question really is, just how far DID technology advance by the time we end 2020?
Thanks for watching everyone!
What do you think of these events that may or may not happen in 2020?
Which of them do you think will affect the year the most?
Do you know of something that'll happen in 2020 that we left off the list?
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