President jd Vance tries to start an oil war for profit, but there are no takers. US is the only country still relying on oil for transportation, with legacy manufacturers building ever larger pickups that can’t be sold anywhere else, protected by 200% tariffs on all foreign vehicles
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The world ends on 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038.
really? i heard it was the 20th?
......guess i better cancel that flight.....
The Balkanised Countries of America
Solar and sodium batteries will be the only new additions to energy production.
China will be the main superpower, US and Europe to follow, India being where China was 10 years ago.
African countries will be in a shitstorm because of climate change and following refugees.
EU and US will have changed to nationalist shitholes relying on mass surveillance going on, with unemployment rising.
We'll probably see a few revolutions fail as the powers that be will economically strangle any revolution against their interest, anywhere.
Late 30s I see capitalism fail as purchase power fall due to automation. We might see a transition where slaves become globally cheaper than robots or towards an extremely service oriented economy.
And flying cars will be a thing at least for going from home to your private jet.
Don't ask me, I didn't have Pandemic, Economic crash, NOR fascist takeover of the US on my 2020s bingo card.
And we’re only halfway through the rawring 20’s. I’m imagining massive global human migrations away from the equator for compounding reasons in the next few decades.
Natural disasters will be worse and more common. Income inequality will grow. Main stream media will become dumber and trashier. People will read less. Fashion and art will become more colorful and intricate as a rebuke to the 2020's minimalism. New addictions will be discovered and old ones will be repackaged.
On a personal note I will be poor, lonely, and miserable.
Things I can see coming ahead:
Parts of the world are left to let nature take it back as insurance companies continue to pull back from certain markets. For instance, I expect Florida to depopulate and a lot of the settlements to remain to become hardened against hurricanes and sinkholes.
Automation comes after a lot of skilled white collar and blue collar workers. The one industry that grows is elderly care, which has a limit on relevance as people stop having money when they get old.
Schools with human teachers become rare as states start pushing remote education options to handle budget shortfalls.
Most major metro areas have massive AI supported surveillance systems to reduce crime. It works, but it is also used to stifle political dissent. The use of the systems are not tied to political ideology of the government but to the wealthy wanting to live in a monitored place.
AI for cars & trucks becomes common. Cities still build for mass transit as the infrastructure to support automated taxis chokes the roads.
No matter the politics of the current government, most governments in the future are well controlled vaguely nationalist and designed to protect capital from the population.
Increasing severity of climate events as we blow past the 2°C warming threshold.
Some ecosystems will slip in to total collapse, such as coral reefs and the boreal forests.
Other ecosystems will begin the early stages of irreversible decline such as the Amazon rainforest.
Increasing geopolitical instability, decreasing food security, higher migration from regions such as sub-saharan Africa, Indian sub-continent and South East Asia as poor countries are unable to cope with the effects of more severe wet seasons (and flooding events) and dry seasons (and drought events).
Global economy continues to stagnate and in many areas start to contract increasing volatility in economic systems putting strain on richer countries to support things like welfare and pensions.
^This
Poverty, oppression, and despair.
Motherfluffer, at this point I'm not sure we'll make it into the 2030s, nevermind prophesizing wha they might be.
Everything was scheduled to end as 23:59 rolled off to 0 at the end of Dec 31, 1999. Someone fell asleep before they were supposed to hit the reset button.
The word industry has lost all meaning. White collar and industry are opposites.
I truly don't like to say these but I've been exploring the optimal places to live, adjusting for everything like fascism-avoidance and climate change tolerance, to nuclear risk mitigation.
Hope for the best, plan for the worst right...?
People won't be able to write, draw, compose, code, research, or do math anymore. Especially anyone born after 2010.