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Lyn Alden
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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?
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Kapitalex 🇲🇽 · 50w
Human Consciousness
Isaac · 50w
I’m surprised that 3D printing hasn’t caught on more. The idea that supply chains and manufacturing would be disrupted was very interesting to me, but I don’t know if it’ll ever happen.
contrarian · 50w
The wheel. All we are doing at this point, in our special iteration of civilization, is hedging to minimize the downside.
Brunswick · 50w
The world probably won't have me in it by then (hopefully I will). 50 years ago, touchstone was radical. An integrated circuit was wonderous. We still were celebrating the first steps on the moon, and we had our first CIA planted president. Whatever is wonderous today will be banal and obsolete in ...
papaslag · 50w
Humans have bifurcated to those who merge with AI and those who have not. Merged humans have expanded starward, experiencing joy and manifest destiny while also missing the limitation of physical form. Non-merged humans enjoy the technological advances wrought by AI, exploring inward and unlocking b...