Show r S 'S e e AMERICAN LIFE IN THE YEAR 2000 I Babson Park Mass The year I 2000 no longer looms like an Imaginary time in science fico fic anI I tion In fact most people 45 years old or younger have a avery avery very good chance of still being active by the year 2000 and beyond Its It's only about 32 years distant but the changes be be- between tween now and then will be spectacular in a great many ways What Workers May Expect A new study of the year 2000 supported by the American Aca demy of Arts and Sciences the Carnegie Corporation and the Corning Glass Works Foundation tion takes more than a casual view of what the workers of the nation and their f can anticipate for the beginning of the next Many of the projections are worth con con- contemplating especially by those young enough to become social social- socially ly and economically Involved in what lies ahead when the century gives way to the First off family income is expected to be substantially higher with enough nough people in inthe inthe the upper brackets to create a kind of class those with sufficient means to lead a life of leisure Even those who do work may be on an the job jobI I only four days a week and for fora i a lot shorter day This will come as a shock to the bus bus- businessman of today who is so pressured high that he doesn't even take time off for vaca vaca- vacations nut But the study figures that by the year yar 2000 employees will be working days a year getting days off TIme And Money To Burn Disposable Income will con con- continue to be the key to the degree of ones one's prosperity and level of living standards While we have seen tremendous advances in inthis inthis this factor In recent years far bythe more solid gains are likely by the end of the century Di Disposable pos able Income per capita by the year 2000 may range from to Import of this forecast Is that the typical fam fam- family ily Is expected to be as well off then as the relatively high in come family is today Filling UP un leisure time to ad ad- ad advantage vantage will be a big problem and youngsters will be encouraged a aged rd to take up interests out out- outside side their career choices Sports music theater and art will be widely pursued It is even implied that museums theaters and ether cultural centers may be at such a pre prem that a time wll crave Ilave to le e rationed to make them avail available able for nIl all interested Cash Already On The Way Out So much has been seen i ithe in inthe the way of from a cash retail economy to acre a cre card dit-card system that the study study's s projection in this line may not notI no nobe t I be so surprising Housewives s are likely to have pushbutton n houses making wide use of computers Department stores and supermarkets will accept the housewife's credit card by computer and the bank will pay her bills the same way Women will wilI make up a higher proportion of the labor force particularly in view of the availability of Innumerable pleasant time part jobs There will be big jumps in transportation far beyond even the supersonic jet travel al al- al already ready on the horizon Flying platforms could be In use for local trips even for calls calIs on neighbors It may be easy to take a hour half rocket trip to Europe Travel wardrobes wardrobes wardrobes- as wen well as strEet wear will be largely made of paper to be thrown away after a few This Is already being tried out but will be prevalent by then LIfe Span Years Wide Immunization against more and more diseases will VilI have lengthened the life span even further Health programs and dietary controls will be workaday plus the more fre fre- frequent quent resort to artificial or transplanted ted organs and auto auto- automatic autol maUc matic heart heart devices People People could be living to the age of by the year 2000 or very soon thereafter and the lation population of the US may well to to- to toti t ti 8 jion per person J |