In a couple of hundred years, what will our era be named?
The Trumpian era.
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
• The Denaissance.
Tijne Schols, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Our era will be infamously named the Era of Greed.
Jeanette Ward, Sydney, Australia
• The ‘Plasticene’.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
• The Cognitive Dissoscene.
Noel Bird, Boreen Point, Queensland, Australia
• Should there be any humans still extant in 200 years, I suspect they will refer to our era as the Carbonoxious.
Terence Rowell, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• The age of the exploiters.
Martin Bryan, Churchdown, UK
• This question assumes that there will be anyone around to name it or, less likely, wanting to name it. So, the answer is that it probably won’t be.
Neville Holmes, Creswick, Victoria, Australia
• Lunatician.
Charlie Bamforth, Davis, California, US
• The Age of Fear.
Craig Sergeant, Nashville, Tennessee, US
• The way we are going history will probably have been lost and “our era”, along with every other era, forgotten.
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
• The Ice Age.
John Benseman, Auckland, New Zealand
• The Selfie-ra.
Avril Taylor, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Carefree, car-free, rent-free
What does the world of your dreams look like?
A world where you can have fish and chips every night and still not have to worry about your heart.
Sunil Bajaria, London, UK
• Sadly it’s too often even worse than the waking world.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• A peaceful Garden of Eden where religions and political parties are banned and where all living beings are valued – including the serpent.
Terence Rowell, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Like a nightmare.
Edward P Wolfers, Austinmer, NSW, Australia
• Carefree, car-free, rent-free, interest-free, Trump-free.
Malcolm Shuttleworth, Odenthal, Germany
• A world where my carbon footprint is smaller than an elephant’s footprint.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• A walking path in the redwoods of northern California: soothing, restorative, contemplative; no better place on earth.
John Ralston, Mountain View, California, US
• Like the dreams of my world.
Jennifer Horat, Lengwil, Switzerland
Greed and testosterone
Any idea how world peace can be achieved? Or is it impossible?
Try adding Valium to the water supply.
Anthony Walter, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• We should all move to Canada.
Heddi Lersey, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• Regrettably, unless human nature undergoes some fundamental change, it is very unlikely.
Joan Dawson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Easy. Just fix greed and testosterone.
Martin London, Christchurch, New Zealand
Any answers?
What difference does irony make to the world?
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
Which table manners are most important?
William Emigh, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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