2020s
In the 2020s we will be in a period of large-scale change. We will reach our tipping point in terms of oil and the economy and the world as we know will be forced to begin it’s shift towards renewable energy.
Other events include:
- Self driving cars will begin adoption on a global scale due to a push from well known car manufacturers.
- Generation X reshapes global politics through their more liberal ideals.
- Illness and various diseases such as cancer have become reduced at a faster rate due to advancements in research & technology. Cancers such as Hodgkin’s lymphoma survival rates are now approaching 100%.
- Internet use accessibility and affordability is greatly improved allowing for Internet use to reach 5 billion users around the globe.
2030s
The 2030s will be a decade of technological innovation. The worldwide population will have increased to an additional 2 billion people living on earth.
Other events include:
- A major shift in agriculture has occurred; the way we grow and raise cattle has changed to a more genetically enhanced method to account for population growth.
- Artificial Intelligence is widespread, rather than one centralised AI, countless amounts of small AI effective control their own specialised domains.
- The majority of new vehicles are either plug-in electric or hybrids, all of which are self-driven and autonomous. A shift from oil has begun and roads have become a safer place.
- Emerging job titles of today
- Social media officer
- Virtual ethics teacher
- Autonomous car mechanic
- Digital currency is slowly gaining traction.
2040s
The decade of the 2040s will show change in terms of global influence, India and China’s influence on culture and society rivals that of the USA. As well as this technology has shifted towards a focus on biometric modifications such as sensory enhancements.
Other events include:
- Telecommuting has become a very common method of travelling to work.
- Virtual currency is now replacing normal currency
- Healthcare has advanced to such an extent where cancer rates and various other forms of disease have dropped dramatically. As a result human life span has increased significantly worldwide to a minimum of 90.
- The worlds animal and plant life have declined as a result of global warming, major extinctions have occurred on many of the world’s species.
2050s
In this decade the world population has reached 10billion people. The overpopulation of the world has contributed to advancements in housing, agriculture and become the catylst in society's move away from capitalism.
Other events include:
- Due to advancements in artifical intelligence, Moore's law has allowed the average computer to be as powerful as the entire human population.
- Oil has been completely abandoned in favor of renewable and cleaner energy alternatives.
- Space travel is becoming an increasingly simpler endeavour with humans now occupying mars and the moon.
- Food has become free due to advancements in agriculture and technology.
- The capitalistic society in which the world is based is falling apart due to the rapid movement of technology and automation causing a high percentage of unemployment (60%).
