As technology grows in the next 50 years, some major events will unfold and shape our world. A user asked the forum, “What do you think will be the biggest event in the next 50 years?” Here are the top responses.
MAJOR COLLAPSE IN COUNTRIES
“I feel like one of the major countries in the world will have a major collapse, Russia, United States, China, or some other country.”
DISCOVER GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGIES
“We will discover a groundbreaking technology that will greatly further the lives of mankind while simultaneously using it in the most destructive way possible.”
LOW ENERGY DESALINATION OF OCEAN WATER
“Inexpensive, low energy desalination of ocean water. Everybody in the world will have as much inexpensive salt as they need.”
HIGHER COST OF TOILET WATER
“Toilet water is valued at 5x gas prices today.”
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE
“We are still insanely unprepared for an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) for a society almost entirely driven by electronics. Would cause trillions in damage.”
CASCADIA EARTHQUAKE
“The Cascadia earthquake above 9.0 will devastate the west coast of Canada and the United States, causing a tsunami large enough to cross the entire Pacific Ocean and damage even Japan. It has happened before and will happen again.
A dirty bomb will go off in a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) state.”
JOE BIDEN AND TRUMP QUITTING POLITICS
“Joe Biden and Donald Trump are going to quit politics and open a lovely bed & breakfast in Oregon.”
ECONOMIC RECKONING
“We’ve got a significant economic reckoning coming. If we’re smart, it will happen in the next 10-15 years, and we will have some level of societal change after a few small events.
If we let the oligarchy and demographic collapse continue to get much worse, there will be less societal change and more violent societal collapse.
QUANTUM COMPUTING
“The commercialization of quantum computing.”
CLIMATE REFUGEES
“Climate refugees that destabilize entire regions, wars over water access.”
CURE FOR CANCER
“A cure for cancer (and many other diseases).”
P DIDDY GOES TO JAIL
“P Diddy goes to jail for being the sole conspirator behind both Biggie and Tupac murders.”
THE DEATH OF KEITH RICHARDS
“The death of Keith Richards. No, just kidding. Keith will be around at least another 50 years.”
FOSSILIZED LIFE DISCOVERY WITHIN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
“Life (or at least fossilized life) will be definitively discovered within our solar system.
Astronomers will likely also find very suggestive signs of life far beyond our small corner of space. The former may help inform the discovery of the latter.
THE THREAT OF RISING SEA LEVELS
“The threat of rising sea levels and increasingly frequent and deadly storms cause largely populated areas (e.g., Florida) to become financially non-viable to live, as the cost of frequently rebuilding and the long-term threat of permanent flooding increases and becomes undeniable.”
ALIENS WILL LAND
“Aliens will land, get out of their spaceship, take one look around, and go home in disappointment.”
A PANDEMIC
“A pandemic, but a bigger one, say mutated Ebola, loses a third of world population.”
TROPICAL DISEASES
“A doctor I work with is convinced that because of global warming, we will soon see/experience more ‘tropical diseases,’ especially in places we don’t usually experience them.”
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