Future Timeline

This is looking terrible for Biden, and with less than six months to go. https://electiongraphs.com/2024ec/ If I was LGBT or from another minority group and lived in the US, I'd be making plans to leave the country. Project 2025 = Christofascist takeover. I'm shocked it's even possible Trump will w...

Faster-than-light travel.

-I think some kind of American secession crisis before this date is entirely possible. I can't really see how a civil war would work, though I confess I'm no expert on the subject. As an American, I think the likeliest cause would be a disputed election result. Imagine a replay of the 2020 election...

A part of me can't believe I'm asking this question so early in life, haha. Anyway. I've seen how AI is advancing as of late, with (as far as I can see) no signs of slowing down. Generative AI can do quite a bit and is improving by the month. Let's say I write novels - as in full-length novels of (s...

Is this worth including on our timeline? I mean, this won't be just any old game. It's likely to sell 100 million+ copies. 2025 – GTA 6 is released https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67588537 I'd say so. It will likely show off the latest & greatest for a variety of gaming tech. I'd say it's...

f*ck it... I'll predict Grand Theft Auto 6 will release before the end of the year. Plenty of people are predicting 2025, but I'm going to lock in 2024. It will - most likely - be the biggest launch in video game history to date. https://media.tenor.com/cJRcMyUAiMcAAAAd/ah-shit-here-we-go-again-ah-...

I wish I had more to contribute to these. Most of my predictions are pretty safe/mundane/common anyway, or just focused on stuff I personally care about. I predict a Biden-Trump rematch in the 2024 election (seems unbelievable typing that, but that's what everything seems to point to right now). Bid...

Random thought/question I had:

At what point in time will the average lifespan (either globally or in at least one specific country) pass 100 years?

Are they finally going to indict the man soon?
I'm seeing opinions that such a thing is imminent. I just feel like we've just been going around in circles for years.

Already some very interesting responses here. I'm still not sure I buy into the whole singularity thing. That said, I can't see any future where AI is not widespread and transformative in some ways. Since this thread is about "Culture, Economics and Politics", I will focus my answer away f...