2010s
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The 2010s decade comprises the years from 2010 to 2019, inclusive. Informally, it may also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade.
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". "Tweens" is a rare, but occassionally used, word to refer to the decade, a merge between the words "twenty" and "teen".
| Centuries: | 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1980s 1990s 2000s - 2010s - 2020s 2030s 2040s |
| Years: | 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 |
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. Sixty-five 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.
- Generation X (born 1961-1981) is expected to rise in national representation and will most likely reach a majority in the U.S. House and Senate, and may even field its first President this decade.
- This is also the time when most of Generation Y (born c.1982-1998) will have fully made the transition to adulthood and the work world, replacing some of the baby boomers lost.
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.
- 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 advantageous only to certain programming routines.
- Hydrogen vehicles may begin to appear on the streets by 2015. Hybrid cars, currently led by Honda, Toyota and Ford, will have a much stronger foothold on the market.
Sporting Events
- Expo 2010 to be held in Shanghai, China
- 2010 FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa
- 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi, India
- 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 2011 Rugby World Cup to be held in New Zealand
- 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London
- 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in South America
- 2014 Winter Olympics scheduled, location TBA
- 2014 Commonwealth Games scheduled, location TBA
- 2015 Rugby World Cup scheduled, location TBA
- 2016 Summer Olympics scheduled, location TBA
- 2018 FIFA World Cup scheduled, location TBA
- 2018 Winter Olympics scheduled, location TBA
Anniversaries
- April 5th, 2014: 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death
- 2010: 200th anniversary of Mexican independence
- September 11, 2011: 10th anniversary of the American terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
- October 10, 2011: 100th anniversary of the Wuchang uprising in China led by Dr. Sun Yat Sen
- 2012-2015: 200th anniversary of the War of 1812
- April 15, 2012: 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ocean liner RMS Titanic
- May 1, 2014: 20th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death during the Formula One San Marino Grand Prix event at Imola
- June 28, 2014: 100th anniversary of the assassination in Sarajevo which triggered World War I
- September 14, 2014: 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's writing The Star-Spangled Banner
- April 24, 2016: 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland
- July 9, 2016: 200th of Argentine independence.
- 2017: 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution
- 2017: 100th anniversary of Finnish independence
- 2017: 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation
- 2018: 100th anniversary of Polish independence
- 11 November 2018: 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which ended World War I.
- July 20, 2019: 50th anniversary of NASA moon landing. Also, 2020 is the deadline for the Vision for Space Exploration to put men back on the Moon.
Fictional references
- The Arthur C. Clarke novel [[2010: Odyssey Two]] and its film adaptation [[2010: The Year We Make Contact]] are set in 2010.
- The events of Capcom's Mega Man Classic series that give a date of 20XX take place during this decade. These games are Mega Man 3 through Rockman & Forte and the spinoffs (such as Superadventure Rockman). Mega Man 3 is the first game to shift from 200X to 20XX (thus it takes place circa 2010) and the other games span until roughly the year 2017).
- The film A Scanner Darkly takes place in 2013.
- The anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion takes place in 2015 and 2016.
- The Nintendo DS game, [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]], takes place around 2016.
- The Nintendo DS game, [[Trauma Center: Under the Knife]], takes place in 2018.
- The TV series Dark Angel takes place in 2019.
- The film "Blade Runner" takes place in 2019.
- October 21, 2015 4:29 PM - Date and time of when Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel 30 years into the future, in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II. In the film this year featured the advent of flying cars, self-fitting clothes and the Mattel hover board.
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