I wonder what life will be like in the future.
Argh! Hey.
Who are you?
I'm from the future!
Why are you dressed like that?
Oh! This is how people dress in the future.
Get over it.
What are you doing here?
I'm going to show you what 2060 will be like.
You know, the future.
Are there flying cars?
Am I rich?
Are we going to teleport there? What?
No, of course not.
Put this on.
What, we're not really going to go?
No, I get motion sickness.
Ew.
Everyone has got a slightly different idea
of what the future might look like.
This week scientists at the CSIRO
released theirs,
called the Australian National Outlook.
They spent two years talking to experts
from 20 different organisations,
collecting research and data to create models.
Modelling is basically a prediction of the future
using the info we have today.
The report set out two very different scenarios.
The outlook vision
and the slow decline.
This is the future?
It's kind of depressing.
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, well, this is the slow decline.
Things aren't so great here.
Oh, well, do I have a good job at least?
Not really, you didn't do very well on a STEM subject,
so it's pretty tough for you to get work.
Do they have robots at least?
Yeah, they took your job.
Oh, that sucks.
In the slow decline
people aren't very happy.
The economy hasn't grown very much,
there's higher rates of unemployment
and it's even harder to afford a home,
especially near a city.
Oh, and the environment is not in a good way either,
which is making things hard for farmers.
How did it happen?
Well basically we didn't really plan for the future.
We just kind of carried on as usual.
That's not great.
No, but it's not the only future.
Whoa! This is much better!
Yeah, I know, right?
That's the outlook vision.
So, how am I doing here?
Actually, not bad!
You've got a good job.
Average wages are, like, double what they were in 2019.
And people are nicer because they're happier.
The outlook vision is a best-case scenario kind of thing.
There are lots of jobs in high-tech industries
like cybersecurity and manufacturing.
Cities are packed but they're well-designed.
Space is used well so everyone can live close to work.
And there are plenty of green spaces.
I definitely choose this one.
Let's make it a thing.
(SIGHS) If only it were that easy.
The CSIRO says we can get to the outlook vision
but it's going to take a lot of work.
For example, we have to make sure
you guys are taught the skills
you're going to need for future jobs.
That means STEM, but also things robots can't do,
like being creative
and working together with other people.
CSIRO also says we need to use technology
to make things more efficient, get the most out of natural resources
and look at different sources of energy, like hydrogen.
It says it's really tough to predict where we're headed
in terms of climate change
but we need to be prepared to adapt to worldwide changes
and make the most of the future.
But, of course, that's just what some people think.
Nobody actually knows what's going to happen.
So you're not really from the future?