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What do you think the world will be like 50 years from now, in the 2070s?

And specifically, what kind of tech do you think will surprise to the upside by that time, and become pretty dominant or ubiquitous? And what tech do you think will underperform expectations, and not exist at the scale that people now might’ve guessed would be common by then?

Jim Craddock 9mo ago

Given AI and quantum, you really have to wonder if we can even put words to the possibilities. Annihilation? A non-zero chance. Utopia? Probably not. The Matrix? Possibly? Global warming? Most certainly, but maybe AI can solve that.

CRISPR and other techs will allow designer babies. Will we?

Fusion should be powering everything. In a world where power is almost free, things change. Think of how much the world changed when we found oil. Fusion will be another level. It will allow us to afford the new technologies.

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