Hi I'm Nandini and I was
born in the year 2000.
Hi I'm Ryan. I was born on the
1st of January 2000.
Hi my name is Jacqui and
I was born in the year 2000.
I am really optimistic about
the future. I think
we're getting better and better at
working through problems, adapting.
I'm fairly optimistic about the future
because of the many changes that have
been occurring and the issues that we
have been fighting.
And I'm quite optimistic about the future
because I think there's heaps of avenues
and opportunities that we have to really
progress socially and technologically.
I think the most memorable event that's
happened in my lifetime was the election
of Trump. I remember really vividly
hearing about it, reading about it
throughout high school and it's just
had so many implications globally.
A memorable lifetime event for me would
be the election of Trump. In high school it
was like, you know started off as a joke
and eventually it led to it becoming a reality.
I think the most memorable world
event in my lifetime has to be just the
rise of terrorism. Right, from the Paris
attacks, the Sydney siege even the
on flow on effects of September 11.
Things like racism, discrimination
prejudice against just coloured people in
general you know has really played a big
part not only in my life but my
parents' life, my family's life.
Some of the most important issues to me
one being climate change that has such a
huge impact. I think we're really in the
time now where we can do something about it.
One of the most important issues to me is
creating a sustainable future
especially through climate change and really reducing
the amount of waste we produce as humans.
We're currently going through a climate crisis
globally and in Australia and I think that you know we
really need to actually push for some
sort of reform, some sort of policy and
some sort of framework to really ensure
that we have a plan for the future.
Whether it's meeting certain targets,
using renewable resources as a method
for production. So I think that is
the most important issue right now
because you know we're not the only users
of the environment and in order for society
to really progress we need the
environment to be in top shape.
Also social media and the rise of tech in
our lives is also a huge issue.
I think tech is kind of a double-edged
sword and especially social media. I
think it's allowed us to be able to
understand different viewpoints and
connect with a world that's much
broader than where we live but at the
same time I think it definitely has
implications from not only at a big
level globally but also on a personal
level. I think people are very 'like'
driven and body image issues, mental
health issues they're big ones for young
people and I don't think that's helped at
all by the current trends in social media.
I think there are a lot of mediums now
in which young people are actually able
to voice their opinions. So there's been
a trend for almost a sense of activism
really in my generation. Whether it's
through social media, whether it's
through news interviews like this, you
know whether it's writing their thoughts
on Twitter or Facebook or whatever and I
think secondly there's been a larger
trend in terms of our reliance on
technology, right. I for one as well
can't live without my phone, I love my
television but they've all become
integral parts of our lives.
I think the big trend in this millennium
has been the rise of tech and just how much
it's permeated every element of our lives.
We really went from talking through the
phone, using dial-up connections to
having everything in a phone, whether
that's having video calls, texting or
even just a simple phone call.
In the next 20 years I'm definitely
expecting a rise in how much we rely on
technology. I think we'll see things like
AI and robots being just a general
everyday part of our lives. I'm also
expecting society to be forced to adapt
to problems that we're seeing now like
climate change and humanitarian crises
with things like people being displaced
and crops shortages and I think they
will be some of the biggest challenges we'll see.
So, some changes I'm expecting
in the next 20 years is a rise in cures
from diseases. Also I expect that
technology will be more and more
influenced in our daily lives so we'll
have smart homes becoming accessible
and a lot more acceptance as well.
Some changes that I expect to see in the near
future are definitely things like improving our
environment, becoming more accepting in
our society as well whether it's breaking
down barriers against race, religion,
culture, gender, even things like mental
health. I think those changes are
becoming more prevalent now and they
will exponentially increase in the
future as we progress as well.