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This decade is expected to be called the tens or the twenty-tens, possibly the twenty-teens. It may be called the "two-thousand-tens" or "two-thousand-teens", continuing the general naming of the prior decade as the "two-thousands". " Tween s" is a rare, but used word to refer to the decade, a merge between the words "twenty" and "teen".

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TRENDS

The Baby Boomer generation (which is designated as "officially" including babies born after the end of World War II in 1945 ) reaches the age of 65 beginning with this decade. 65 is the standard (though not universally accepted) age of Retirement in the United States . A rapid expansion of the number of retired persons due to the aging Baby Boomers is expected to have a drastic effect on the Economy Of The United States -- especially Social Security and Medicare -- and the economy of Europe. This expected surge in the distribution of retirement benefits has been dubbed the '' Pension Bomb ''. This is also the time when all of Generation Y (born c.1980-1995) will have fully made the transition to adulthood and the work world. And as the largest generation since the baby boomers, they will be responsible for a lot of the decisions that will be made from here on out in determining the future.

Also in the 2010's, fashion and music trends might be influenced by a certain nostalgia of the 1990's (which will have started 20 years earlier) comparable to the 90s' infatuation with 70's culture and in turn the 70's infatuation with 50's culture.




SCIENCE

Both the International Linear Collider and ITER may be completed during the latter half of the decade.


TECHNOLOGY

  • Around this time, the Hubbert Peak of global Oil production predicts widespread disruptions to conventional Energy supplies of oil and Natural Gas . Some academic and business Research into Hydrocarbon deposits has concluded that the continued usage of this form of energy source will inevitably create widespread reductions in its supply during the 2010s, resulting in a sudden need to switch to alternative energy sources such as Nuclear Energy and "green" sources such as Solar and Wind Power . Similar predictions about the "end of the age of oil" have been made almost since oil first became a major commodity, and so far no such predictions have borne out. However, Marion Hubbert 's 1954 prediction that U.S. oil production would peak in 1970 proved to be accurate, so it is possible that the prediction of the same methodology applied to World oil production may be equally accurate. See also Future Energy Development .


  • Robot technology, as of 2006 still somewhat in its infancy, may cause changes within labour markets, although this event may occur later than the 2010s...


  • In the year 2012, conventional CPUs are expected to reach their maximum computing potential, according to Moore's Law . Moore's Law states that roughly every 18 months the computing power of processing units will double. Reaching the maximum potential would have devastating consequences on the technological industry, and possibly the global economy. It is hoped that this could open up the door for true Quantum Computing development, though this is likely to be advantagous only to certain programming routines.




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