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Where is humanity headed?  What technological breakthroughs are on the horizon?  What about 50 years from now?  100?  1,000?  1,000,000?  I find the topic fascinating.  I think about if you brought some of the great minds from 200-400 years ago forward to today, how completely mindblown they would be.  Or Socrates (insert Bill & Ted), or Da Vinci.  This site is an interesting look at what might be.  One supposition is that eventually, and maybe no more than 100-200 years, we will supplement our brains with AI, where we can meld the two together.  If man could harness the speed of AI with the nuances of the human brain, the possibilities become endless.  Of course, continued population increase may derail that completely.  Anyway, random thought of the day.

https://www.futuretimeline.net/

2 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

what is the prediction for porn?  that's all i really care about.

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1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

what is the prediction for porn?  that's all i really care about.

Well, I still jerk off manually

I remember stumbling across that website back in undergrad while doing some research for a project. Looks like that thing hasn't been updated in a long time. For instance, it said vertical farms will begin to become common in 2025. That is only 7 years from now and I don't see the need or the want to dump money into that, much less have heard about the desire to do so. Back when I originally read that 8 years ago, when peak oil and other Malthusian catastrophes were all the rage, that seemed like a smart, feasible solution? Now? It sounds like a massive boondoggle cooked up by Elon Musk.

Everything (transportation, goods and services, government, housing, quality of life) is gradually going to become more crowded, more expensive, yet shabbier, crappier and dumber. Prepare for a "Soylent Green" kind of world by 2100 or 2150.  (Unless you are in the executive, high political, or financial class, who will wall themselves off in private luxury communities.)

 

 

The only thing that I know about the future, is UCLA Football will be on probation for violations under Chip Kelly. 

6 hours ago, crash_davis said:

what is the prediction for porn?  that's all i really care about.

Virtual Reality

3 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

Everything (transportation, goods and services, government, housing, quality of life) is gradually going to become more crowded, more expensive, yet shabbier, crappier and dumber. Prepare for a "Soylent Green" kind of world by 2100 or 2150.  (Unless you are in the executive, high political, or financial class, who will wall themselves off in private luxury communities.)

 

 

Let them eat Soylent...

I'm expecting a period of massive social unrest and complete destruction before the survivors decide on a better world

16 hours ago, theCruiser said:

i've seen that screenshot 100 times and never stopped to notice/appreciate "T.J. O'Handjobs" in the TGIF font/logo style.  

Don't forget "Butt-Fuckers" in the Fuddruckers font in the top left corner.  I chuckle every time I see that one.

  • 7 years later...
On 7/13/2018 at 5:58 PM, Paper_jam said:

Everything (transportation, goods and services, government, housing, quality of life) is gradually going to become more crowded, more expensive, yet shabbier, crappier and dumber. Prepare for a "Soylent Green" kind of world by 2100 or 2150.  (Unless you are in the executive, high political, or financial class, who will wall themselves off in private luxury communities.)

 

 

Winner

On 7/13/2018 at 5:09 PM, Eastwood said:

I remember stumbling across that website back in undergrad while doing some research for a project. Looks like that thing hasn't been updated in a long time. For instance, it said vertical farms will begin to become common in 2025. That is only 7 years from now and I don't see the need or the want to dump money into that, much less have heard about the desire to do so. Back when I originally read that 8 years ago, when peak oil and other Malthusian catastrophes were all the rage, that seemed like a smart, feasible solution? Now? It sounds like a massive boondoggle cooked up by Elon Musk.

Just got back from Disney World and they have a ride called Living With The Land, which takes you through their onsite farm.  They had vertical farming there on a small scale that they use to supply some of the restaurants in the parks.

We are living in the future

I'll tell you how I know

I read it in the paper 

Fifteen years ago

.....

We're all driving rocket ships

And talking with our minds

And wearing turquoise jewelry 

And standing in soup lines

Yeah standing in soup lines

As I transition into an old, futurism is something I have become very interested in.  I’d love for this thread to revive and have regular dialogue.  
 

Anybody have any links/books for recommended reading on futurism?  I have read The Next 100 Years by George Friedman; I think his prediction of Turkey as an increased regional power will come true.  And depending on how the next 10-15 years go, I think his prediction of the US as a continued superpower will be correct.  I’ve also read Homo Deus by Yuval Harari.  It was very interesting but I dont know how much of it will actually happen.

One thing I was looking at today via AI is what % of current workers/workhours we would need to sustain the standard of living of various points in the past given current technology.  This is what it/we came up with:

1750: <1%

1950: 10-20%

1980: 15-30%

2000: 40-50%

12 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Poors will be selling their organs and children just to buy cricket cakes.

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1 hour ago, Snake Diggity said:

Winner

Just got back from Disney World and they have a ride called Living With The Land, which takes you through their onsite farm.  They had vertical farming there on a small scale that they use to supply some of the restaurants in the parks.

Vertical farming is not new. It is now just catching on. I designed my first ones for, get this, Afghanistan, in 2006. Yep, they kicked ass. Won't grow everything, but will grow a lot and with the right lights year round. 

It would be great for large urban areas. Have worked with a team to design them. Anyone want to invest let me know. I would love to be able to focus on that. 

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

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Same reason veal tastes delicious?

 

On 10/22/2025 at 2:57 PM, freyguy said:

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The sad reality of our future is that our robot sexual partners won’t look attractive, but they will still spread STD‘s…

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