The world in 2030 | John Andrews | TEDxAcademy

The world in 2030

JOHN ANDREWS is an author and journalist specializing in world politics. Over the course of his journalistic career that began in the Middle East, he became The Economist's most experienced foreign correspondent, with postings in Europe, Asia and America.
Now, he is a senior editor for Project Syndicate and a contributing editor for The Economist, the prestigious British weekly. In his role as TV interviewer for the annual World Policy Conference, Andrews regularly interacts with prominent figures in politics, business and economics.

John is the author of two books on Asia, co-author of a book on Europe and co-editor of Megachange: The World in 2050.

In his latest book The World in Conflict , John Andrews tackles head-on the reasons why global conflict is ever-present in our lives. His book is a characterized as a must-read book for anyone who wants to know more about the world and its danger spots, and how and why war and terrorism persist.

[nataliaobrochta]

"They have found remedies to things that we haven't even considered that we might suffer from" "It is a brave new world"

[seino__]

9 years to go.
I wanna say hello to people seeing this comment in 2030. I'll be 29 in 2030.

[sankalanghosh]

I will come back 2030 and edit this comment.

[MRQQ]

Such a clickbait. He didn't make any prediction, he still lives in the 70s and knows nothing about the future.

[emrehakki]

The amount of deaths is far higher than 55000 and the conflict in the ME is heavily supported by the US. Of course, this guy will not tell that.

[ConfidentlyUninformed]

Watching this now in 2022 with Taiwan, Ukraine, Inflation and more I can just laugh at this TED talk but it is probably also shocking how fast we have gone down the abyss to John himself. It really is shocking.

[LameGeneration]

The cheapest, least expensive, scenarios always come into existence. The single reason world war 1 happened because it was actually the least expensive option. The war however come with ripples of disturbance that contributed to a bigger conflict, namely WW2.

[jesusistheonlyway]

We was the hunger games real life recommend on my youtube?

[matthewstorey]

The wealth gap has existed throughout history and we’ve made it this far

[dinsel]

So let me paraphrase this guy.

"ISIS & Al Qaeda one of the top four threats to humanity by 2030's along with Climate Change.
Yet rise of China and India NOT only is not a threat but it will bring peace and prosperity."

His geopolitics is ABSURD.

[zaoudiokba]

You can't talk about terrorism or immegration without mentionning the war bettween the west (America and Europe) and the east (Russia and china) (Just an example).

[briancordero]

The future is looking oppressive but entertaining

[artyside]

I'll come back in 2030 to review comments. Saving to playlist.

[payne]

I hope it’s the same honestly but without this whole pandemic.

[shivasirons]

If you give 20% of the population free food they are gonna eat!

[ninjapirate]

I'm only 17 and by 2030 I'll be 24

[urbanwarchief]

2021 laying on my deathbed lol. If we are still alive in 2030 you're welcome ;D

[rickkowalchuk]

Collaboration is the best approach for the next 10 years!!!!

[shivasirons]

What about those who know they dont know?

[GlobalMindSync]

The terrorism brought into this topic is insane