The future expands the variance of human condition a lot more than it drags its mean. This is an empirical observation with interesting extrapolations.

The past is well-approximated as a population of farmers, living similar lives w.r.t. upbringing, knowledge, activities, ideals, aspirations, etc.

The future trends to include all of:

- the transhumanists who "ascend" with neuralinks etc., and the Amish living ~19th century life.

- those who "worship" ideals of religion, technology, knowledge, wealth, fitness, community, nature, art, ...

- those exploring externally into the stars, those exploring internally into minds (drugs++), or those who disappear into digital VR worlds

- those who date a different partner every day and those who are monogamous for life

- those who travel broadly and those who stay in one location their entire life

- those in megacities and those off-the-grid

For almost any question about a dimension of human condition, the answer trends not to any specific thing but to "all of the above". And to an extreme diversity of memetics. At least, this feels like the outcome in free societies that trend to abundance. I don't know what it feels like to live in such a society but it's interesting to think about.

Source: x.com/karpathy/status/1846448411362709980