Earth 2050: Tag #society

2040 Istanbul

The global financial system has conclusively turned into an unpredictable casino making hostages of us all. No longer does human well-being depend on ability and hard work, but on “exchange rates,” “inflation levels,” and “banking crises.” Each new crisis is more global

# human # society # economy

2040 Coimbra

In an increasingly interconnected world, access to healthcare and disease prevention remains a critical challenge, particularly for the most impoverished and underserved populations. By 2040, Coimbra, Portugal, will establish itself as a global leader in a pioneering healthcare initiative driven by a

# medicine # society

2050 Itapema

In the future, artificial intelligence (AI) neural networks could evolve to the point of creating a technology that analyzes in real time, in a matter of seconds, whether news is true or not. You can imagine this applied in a future where privacy has become an obsolete idea, where people recognize

# biotech # human # privacy # society

2030 Gomoa District

The rising idea of smart communities refers to rural communities that are able to develop their current strengths and resources, to tap into opportunities. A smart-community approach to sustainable development is a socially-driven initiative and a radical departure from traditional plans and mechanisms

# city # construction # medicine # society # transport

2030 Alicante

Society has always needed truthful and contrasted information to make decisions. In the future, accurate information will be accessible only to those who can afford it. We currently live in the economy of free information and content-generating platforms that seek to generate clicks through the use of

# communication # education # entertainment # society

2050 Shanghai

By 2050, Artificial Intelligence will be integrated into most aspects of life, producing new efficiencies and enhancing human capacities. More than 20% of the world's population will carry some sort of chip implants in their bodies to enhance physical or cognitive capabilities, to monitor health,

# AI # society # threats

2030 Bangalore

At the beginning of 21st century, the western IT industry was in urgent need of an ideological basis for the promotion of its products, so it started to actively exploit the concept of “technological singularity.” Invented by fantasy writer Vernor Vinge, this concept comes from the observations

# AI # human # society

2030 Sao Paulo

Documentaries like "The Social Dilemma" show how former executives from technology corporations restate their fear about artificial intelligence's role in social media and the influence these platforms have on society. One concludes that the more you know about how the digital world works,

# privacy # society

2040 Bogota

Humans will not have an unconscious bias regarding gender and sexual orientation. Individuals will not be even asked or questioned about those characteristics. All humans will be treated the same with no distinctions or discrimination. Many gender neutral names will be given to babies and binary languages

# human # love # society

2050 Bogota

"It is the year 2046. Everything that you do is measured or monitored. Trillions of sensors track where you go, what you do, how is your health, your gut, what are you thinking, how do you feel and what do you dream about. Every product you use is designed to capture information. Billions

# privacy # society

2030 Osaka-Wan

The current level of development of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics presents an alternative to human communication. In 2030 there will be special dating apps allowing users to talk to virtual dates, flirt and make them feel special. As soon as the virtual date says “I want to get to know

# love # society

2030 Oslo

Being alone is no longer the taboo it once was. As old stereotypes about needing a partner or being married lose relevance, people are increasingly choosing for themselves whether to be single or not. In 2021 more than 37.5 million American adults live alone. In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and

# love # society

2040 Frankfurt

A number of high-profile hacking incidents have led to an increasing demand from politicians and the media for a computer lockdown. During the late twenties, Apple was first in requiring a certified Apple Developer account in order to run XCode or any other development tool on MacOS. Windows followed

# gadgets # government # society

2050 Toronto

Imagine a world where physical pregnancies are a relic of the past and have been effectively automated out of existence. Thanks to ever-improving healthcare, artificial intelligence, and biomedical engineering, parents can watch their children develop in incubation systems from zygote to fetus anywhere

# medicine # society

2050 Istanbul

Along with an improvement in technology and science, by the year of 2050, people's social interactions and relationships will change drastically. Hardly any book will be available or read; rather than reading, people will prefer to watch or listen. Art and music culture will be completely changed,

# society

2050 Palermo

By 2050, 97+% of the world's individuals will be participating in, and fully reliant upon, a “Shadow Economy” that is outside a country’s official national economy or even the world's economy. It will address most, if not all, of their economic needs and provide mechanisms whereby

# business # government # society

2050 Dusseldorf

Enough genetic material to resurrect a viable population of Homo Neanderthalensis and Home Erectus has been collected. Additionally, sufficient knowledge has been garnered to proceed, albeit with some minor technical hurdles. Whilst the cultures of these people could never be replaced or fully reconstructed,

# human # nature # society

2040 Beijing

In 2040, authorities in China began the largest centralized collection of data in the history of humanity. The ambitious project, called "Total Quantified Society", is aimed at nothing less than a complete pacification of the “four evils”: crime, disease, ignorance, and poverty. To

# government # society

2050 Alcatraz

Even in the year 2047, there are still prisons on Earth. Detention conditions, however, have much improved, and initiatives aimed at teaching convicts to earn an honest living have entered a new stage of evolution. Robotization has rendered manual labor uneconomic, so detainees stopped felling trees

# AI # government # society

2050 Barcelona

"How was your date? Tell us what you think about this person. Do they look like their photos? Are they a good listener?" the Algo Date app wants to know the next morning. "The more details you give, the better we can match you up next time," the system continues relentlessly. In

# AI # human # society # love