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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

-The internet will become something only old people use and will fill up with old people like radio and TV before it. Something new will be the hip new thing that kids use/consume, though it technically could be considered the internet

-Coal power plants will be phased out entirely in U.S.A. with some taking credit and others morning the loss of a purely economic conversion over to natural gas power. It will look like it is solar's time to shine, but a "new" way of generating power which is cheaper and slightly cleaner will take over and slowly convert natural gas plants to whatever it is.

-There will be a detracted argument over whether or not what comes after current gen-AI is considered sapient and worthy of rights. While the debate will be straightforward in a vacuum, other semi-related topics will mix in including: the rich wanting their AI doppelgangers to keep control of the money/power they earned during life; something to do with sex and/or relationships because of course there will be; religious opposition until the poll numbers swap, then there will be some regions that view AI rights a helping the disadvantaged

-A young politician from the democrats will get elected on the back of anti-Trump hate. They will have in their first two years theoretically enough support to pass substantial legislation, but will be stopped by a small number of conservative democrats from doing anything substantial save for maybe one big accomplishment. They will loose the 2030 midterms to a bunch of republicans and a "grass-roots" organization that is paid for by rich business owners, but will come back to win the 2032 election against a rich republican from New England. However, they won't have control over the congress and by 2035 will be a lame duck.

-Someone will scrap NASA's current human space flight plans to promote their own plan, which in itself will be scrapped when a new administration comes in. By 2035, articles will be printing "it is a shame that no real current alive human has stepped foot on the moon", taking a subtle dig at China's AI-human that is currently building structures on the moon.

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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

we follow the trajectory of Nazi Germany

only THIS time, America will NOT be sweeping in to save the day. there IS no one to save the day this time.

so imprisonment and death for millions....and a world war. if we are very lucky , there might be an after....but then again....maybe not.

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago

There will most certainly be an after. Unfortunately, very likely not for a lot of us.

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

China has the manufacturing capacity and manpower to challenge the increasingly inefficient American military in a protracted war of attrition. Assuming the nukes don’t drop.

[–] Cano@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Humans are quite bad at predicting the future, so I'm going with an easy one.

China will do nothing and somehow win.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Trump tries to sell a state to Russia.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago

US car company collapse. A major armed conflict between two large economies

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
  • dollar devalues by 90% compared to present value
  • wages so low / cost of living so high that people can't pay for bread with their wages, making subsidies / universal basic income a necessity.
  • US goes on the brink of a civil war before the rich agree to pay for said subsidies, probably some people die because of it.
  • US slides into a mixture of tech-authoritarianism/fascism
  • martian settlement/research makes surprisingly fast progress, with wide bi-partisan support because people realize it's actually a good idea for everyone, creating demand for human labor and driving up the wages.
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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I will get up and go to work.

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

China will overtake US as the dominant economic power, exert their influence on neighbouring regions and get more push back than it thought (similar to Russia).

The world will fracture into different regions with different day to day life (even more so).

US will become the wild Wild West where everything goes in the right state.

Canada and Europe (western not Eastern) will stay put in terms of peace, but they will no longer have “the best standard of living”.

Africa will get abused by China and become the next China.

Australia will be like, wtf mate, but they’ll be dead soon… stupid kangaroos.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

A Tsunami of unprecedented size will completely destroy a coastal metropolis.
A heat wave in the middle east will leave hundreds dead in the first recorded wet bulb event.
In September 2035, the Arctic will be completely ice-free for the very first time, 15 years ahead of predictions.
Around that time, the first commercial shipping route along the north-western passage will open.
One of the first container ships will run onto a naval mine and sink, killing all hands. Russia will deny any involvement.

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