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One of the most famous pieces of research on prediction was done by Philip Tetlock. He asked a group of pundits and foreign affairs experts to speculate about various geopolitical events, like whether the Soviet Union would disintegrate by 1993.

Interestingly, the "experts" struggled to perform better than "dart-throwing chimps," and were consistently less accurate than even relatively simple statistical algorithms. This was true of both liberals and conservatives, and regardless of professional credentials.

What Tetlock also uncovered was that people who preferred to consider multiple explanations and balance them together had superior results to those who relied on a single big idea.

So since our guess can be as good as any, Reddit user Tasty_likesugar decided to ask random minds on the internet to share the things they believe will almost certainly happen in the next three decades. Below are the replies they've received.

#1

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality A horrific pandemic that will make COVID look like “the good old days.” I’m talking *Captain Trips* levels of global mortality.

The United States will be particularly hard-hit, as nearly 50% of the population will refuse to mask, isolate, get vaccinated, or take any other science-based action to slow down the spread.

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XenoMurph
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glenn, medical studies are definitive, masks ARE effective, though not 100% obviously. At worst they reduce viral load. At best they catch almost all of the sneeze thet would have infected you.

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Griffy
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had one "friend" on facebook, who I unfriended, who told me not to get vaxxed for covid as the vaccine was poison. I sent back "then I'm already dead" and unfriended them. I have health problems, I happily masked and got vaxxed until now, when I have to pay and I have no insurance.

BeesEelsAndPups
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was back in my country two weeks ago and got a free round of booster shots for everything from COVID to tetanus to flu. Universal healthcare is great. Back in the USA now, and I am insured here, but it's still cheaper to fly to Brazil for some things.

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frank behnsen
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Be prepared.” (Robert Baden-Powell in: «Scouting for Boys», 1908) — I’m much afraid that it won’t be only the U.S. to be hard-hit in another pandemic … from what I’ve experienced in Frankfurt, Germany during COVID-induced “lockdowns”. An estimated 20+ % of the population here aren’t even capable of keeping two meters (6+ ft) distance between each other in public space, and don’t even start me talking about actual “pandemic refusers”. The *real* pandemic is ignorance, and I’m very much afraid that it’s everywhere. It’s too late already.

Verena
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the bright side, this will solve the housing crisis and employment crisis and a lot more. In the glorified 1950s we were with 2,5 billion - today 8 billion. Currently it would need 2,5 Earths tk feed, shelter and clothe everybody, so the 2,5 billion people seem to be the max. Edit, adding one source of many, just google "how many earths do we need". That source is very neatly braking down figures to countries: https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-earths-or-countries-do-we-need/

Auntriarch
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After the plague of the 1300s, there was a massive improvement in living conditions

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RagDollLali
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worry for the innocent people around them that might become victims of their stupidity and selfishness

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David Paterson
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yersinia Pestis, the black death. It's still with us. In Madagascar, sub-Saharan Africa, and Arizona. And when it becomes antibiotic resistant ...

Tabitha
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As long as the rest of us DO follow science-based guidelines, we’ll have a real chance of finally cleaning and disinfecting the shallow end of the gene pool. (I know, that sounds terrible, but I’m just so exhausted from all the b******t that part of the population has been pulling lately.)

LonelyLittleLeafSheep
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

🎶 "This is the way the world ends, the world ends, the world ends. This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper." 🎶

frank behnsen
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“It’s the end of the world as we know it—and I don’t mind.” (R.E.M.)

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frank behnsen
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please forgive me for being very dystopic[al] here (please downvote if desired). I hate to break it to you, but organic life on Earth isn’t about surviving—not at all. It’s all about dying. Death is absolutely necessary for enabling life to continue. As George Harrison put it: “All things must pass.”

UKGrandad
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And what's more important than death for the continuation of life? Surviving for long enough to breed the next generation. Without life there can be no death.

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StrangeOne
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just the USA? Canada and other countries would have that mentality, too. I think Canada would be devastated. Most of the population is concentrated in the southern stretch.

Bob Brooce
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the upside, it may do wonders for the average intelligence of the survivors.

Don't even
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need a good plague. Thin the herd a bit, we are far too over populated as it is.

Steven de Jong
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The advantage: far fewer anti science people left. Darwinism at work.

Merrill N. Munro
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let the fools delete themselves. Better off w/o the majority of them.

Daddy’s Girl
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps it’s time we thin the herd from those people. Cruel I know, but honest.

Chewie Baron
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If we do have a Captain Trips level of death, 1, we're doomed and 2, do I have to go to Boulder?

LonelyLittleLeafSheep
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh no, please, I don't want to go to Boulder either. And I definitely don't want to go to Vegas.

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Mark McCawley
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As population grows, it's only a matter of time. Earthquakes, Pandemics, Volcanos, Solar flare. They all will repeat at massive levels. Just when?

CrazyKnitter
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And we've already proved that most places or people are not equipped to handle that

UncleJohn3000
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is evolution in action. It's a pity about their kids but nature knows no mercy.

EJN
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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No question about it and the US will be hit badly because more than one-third of the population are morons that will not mask.

Jane Alexander
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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Idiots. Self-absorbed, egocentric, don'-give-a-sh*t, monky-a**,MFs will get us all killed if we're not very Very careful.

Uncle Schmickle
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3 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The human race will either be wiped out by a pandemic or a meteorite. It's just a matter of time. Happy days everyone !

Sabrina
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4 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even somebody like me with Trypanophobia get vaccinated with the help of some medicine to overcome it.

Fabulous chocolate cookie
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep. Human stupidity or refusal will most likely be the reason of an greater pandamic.. Simply because people refuse to get vaccinated, keep distance etc just like they did with corona

anne Young
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn't call it 'stupidity'. You don't have to like or understand it but no need to insult. Also you're generalizing.

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Michael Danhauer
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This will probably happen as the result of several catastrophic infrastructure failures. Things will already be falling apart and this will be just another hit that keeps on coming.

cugel.
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah. Covid was a Democrat hoax to make Trump look bad, so they ignore safety precautions. Captain Trips will be a Democrat plot, so they will take safety measures to circumvent it

Gary
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nonsense like this needs backing up with some sort of data though. We can all say what we like, it means nothing.

Mariaf
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So....natural selection will finally get the idiots out of the gene pool?

LaserBrain
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well maybe the planet needs a "slate-cleaning" disease to get the human population back in check.

Panda Kicki
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just a side note. The mask commonly used did not significantly slow the spread. You need a higher grade mask for that. (if we speak science based, when the studies show surgical masks and cloth masks didnt really stop any spread). Vaccines,on the other hand, is REALLY effective.

Pencil McGovern
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sources I've found say that masks (both surgical and cloth) do reduce the spread. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html?microsite=news&tab=news I'd be happy to read any sources you have to refute this.

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I hate to break it to you, but the largest demographic to refuse vaccinations (of all types) is white, liberal women. The second largest (during COVID, not sure about all vaccinations) was people of color. Some of what was considered science and conspiracy theories at the beginning of COVID turned out not to be not so much, from the lab leak theory to the efficacy of six-feet distancing, masks, and even the longevity of the vaccines. Certainly those measures helped, but demonizing people (too often for false or even fabricated reasons) for questioning and critical thinking doesn't help anything or anyone--only further divides people. The sad thing is, both left and right want the same things, where they disagree is how to go about achieving them. Imagine the innovation that could result if both sides spent less effort trying to demonize the "other side" and worked to find actual scientific solutions to reach their mutual goals.

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In 2008, psychic Sylvia Brown wrote the following prediction: “In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and the bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments. Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish a quickly as it arrived, attack again ten years later, and then disappear completely”

UKGrandad
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Browne (not Brown) made hundreds of predictions. In the book you're quoting from, End of Days, the prediction immediately before that one was for a 2010 pandemic of a fungus-like bacterial disease that would be resistant to all known medicines but would eventually be cured by a combination of electrical currents and extreme heat. That just one out of hundreds of 'predictions' was sort-of right is actually abysmal, far worse than one would expect from random guesses.

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And the other 50% that do wear masks and vaccinate will think that makes them invulnerable especially when some quack tells them it does.

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Well none of our politicians took any science-based action to stop the spread of COVID so yeah let's try something different this time maybe more people will survive

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Which is certainly tragic because all the measures worked so well!

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Fortunately, Dr. Fauci is no longer arranging funding for Chinese research labs.

Meyrin
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Yup COVID was made in China so it flopped when made somewhere else it will be scary

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality More extreme weather events.

Left-Middle7392 , Johannes Plenio Report

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Freya the Wanderer
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We just had Hurricane Helene, which caused massive flooding and power outages and, as I write this, over 50 deaths. Lucky me came through it OK.

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#4

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality There will be more effective d***s to slow down the progression of Alzheimer's. At least I hope so.

000-Luck , Kampus Production Report

#5

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Resource wars.

RVBlumensaat , cottonbro studio Report

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Angela B
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This. Countries at war over water, food supply and the like. Ppl going to Mars at war over mining rights there too. Do you want any of the douche billion-aires in control of your oxygen on Mars? Nah.

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#6

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Climate change will begin to have a significant impact on society, we're already heading towards it and there's really nothing we can do to stop it without a major shift in policy.

zerbey , Pixabay Report

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Chris
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? All you have to do is what the governor of Florida did and get a a law passed that no state government official/document can use the words "climate change", and everything will be OK. /S

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#7

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality I won't understand the youth's slang, and their music will suck.

johnnybiggles , freepik Report

#8

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality The retirement age will have gone up again.

Petrus_Rock , Pixabay Report

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Orysha
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There will be no retirement age, you'll be forced to work until death unless you're rich.

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#11

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality World War 3

I know I sound pessimistic but i truly expect it to happen.

We have too many issues that only will get worse and this will increase global frictions between countries:
Climate Change

Water/Food SHortage

Global Aging Population (a lot of Snowball Pension system collapsing)

AI (pushing all the profits into the 1% and leaving the middle class broke, the Law Makers will make sure UBI won't happen).

Lephas , asim alnamat Report

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#12

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality We *are* going to see some more bacteria beyond TB and a small number of others that are completely resistant to even last-line antibiotics, and *many* more that are resistant to first and second line treatments.

My group just published our first paper on *P. Aeruginosa,* it's the biggest genomic study of isolates from patients that we know; we sequenced just shy of 3,000 genomes taken all across the world.

**All** of them bar the isolates from ONE patient had a group of 6 genes conferring increased resistance to beta-lactams ([all of these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%CE%B2-lactam_antibiotics)), fosfomycin, aminoglycosides (eg. Streptomycin) , chloramphenicol, and two different mutations in a d**g efflux pump. The one patient that didn't had the genetic region for the beta-lactam resistance deleted.

Antibiotic resistance already k*lls millions, and its going to k*ll millions more. Most of those are going to be the poor and people living in under-resourced countries.

Hayred , Edward Jenner Report

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#14

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality The remaining books for Game of Thrones will still not be released.

Cinner21 , Pixabay Report

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Beak Hookage
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To me it seems all too obvious that he's written himself into a corner and completely lost interest in the whole thing.

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality A civil war in Russia, followed by fragmentation into perpetually-warring separatist states.

OnceWasRampant , Pixabay Report

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality The record breaking global temperatures of 2023 will be cold in comparison to future global temperatures.

MudNo6683 , RF._.studio Report

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Lou Cam
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And a large portion of the Earth especially around the equator will become uninhabitable. Those people won't just sit there and die, they will try and move to safety. Already happening in Europe. The West has a duty to take care of them as they're the primary cause of the catastrophe but you have governments like mine (UK) actively trying to reject and criminalise people just trying to survive.

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#17

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality If we stay on this trajectory then there will be no middle class.

TheJewHammer14 , Jorge Zapata Report

#18

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Political tensions will increase over climate migration.

DiscountCultural5520 , Rosemary Ketchum Report

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Freya the Wanderer
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No surprise here. Anti-immigrant attitudes and propaganda, plus the possibility of climate refugees carrying highly contagious diseases, will stir the s--t pot.

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#19

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality The birth rate in developed countries will continue to decline at an alarming rate.

sketchy_painting , Vidal Balielo Jr. Report

#20

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality The rich, getting richer.

urandomguy , freepik Report

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Steve Robert
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's already happening now. But in 30 years, the 99% will have eaten all the 1%.

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#21

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Some animals going extinct.

giuli_wild , Laura The Explaura Report

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G A
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Animals and plants go extinct daily. It's just you don't notice as they are small.

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality We’ll all be using tech that seems like sci-fi now.

deinekimfischer , cottonbro studio Report

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Zephyr343
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't that usually how the progress of tech goes? Hard to see it moving backwards

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality People reminiscing that life was better 30 years ago.

Dr-Maturin , SHVETS production Report

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality My guess is ill still be living off ramen and wishing i had more money for snacks... just a hunch.

pixiemiooy , Cats Coming Report

#26

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality More riots in the US, most likely over pricing, or political b******t.

Nice_Leg_7622 , freepik Report

#27

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Some coastal cities will invest in floating architecture.

Best_Barracuda451 , Molnár Tamás Photography™ Report

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liam newton-harding
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Invest”. A number of…very wealthy…Nations have already tried…and failed. The money, cost, and technology is insurmountable, compared to the alternatives. The only people that got rich were the “designers”, who disappeared with most of the money.

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality World hunger, food deficit.

True_beauty00 , cottonbro studio Report

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Fishpanda (fish/panda/it)
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1 month ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

However, we have enough food to feed the world right now but those who can do something about getting the food to people that need it aren't.

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Mass migration from SE Asia during fatal wet bulb events.

ForeverRepulsive2934 , Leena Report

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Griffy
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Google- A wet bulb event is a dangerous combination of high heat and humidity that can cause people to overheat and die. The wet bulb effect occurs when the wet-bulb temperature reaches 35°C or higher, and the humidity is very high.

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#30

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Governments will invest more in green infrastructure.

lacaxiqekifika , Tom Swinnen Report

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#31

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Many developed countries will run into serious health and economic issues due to aging populations.

BinaryPill , Lara Jameson Report

#32

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Scientists will discover life or evidence of life on other planets.

Budget_Marionberry78 , eberhard grossgasteiger Report

#33

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality More people will live in vertical farms.

MichelleHill770e2 , freepik Report

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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People will have their own as long as water resources keep up.

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Let's be a bit optimistic

Self-driving, electric cars/buses/trucks becoming ubiquitous
Augmented reality becoming a daily thing for most people, in the form of glasses mostly
Working on ultraportable virtual screens
Alexa-like device in every home coordinating various functions
Cancer becoming a disease we can live with and cure for the most part
True decline of fossil resources because of the availability of dirt-cheap solar power paired with convenient energy storage
Modular nuclear reactors
Wireless self-charging of consumer devices
Nuclear fusion?
Who knows what with AI, this one is truly an open question how far it can go.

Glxblt76 , ThisIsEngineering Report

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#36

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality People will still be complaining about something.

Vikinggold672021 , benzoix Report

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Skara Brae
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dissatisfaction drives progress, but increased complexity of life creates more things to be dissatisfied about.

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#37

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Another pandemic maybe, sounds scary but could happen sadly.

Willy_cutie_ , Anna Shvets Report

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Freya the Wanderer
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Melting permafrost is releasing viruses and bacteria against which humans have no defense.

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Something maybe even scarier then the atomic bomb being made.

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Sky Render
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm still waiting for the inevitable day when some brilliant monster develops a weaponized disease that targets plant life. And then completely underestimates just how easily their disease spreads. There's no better way to wipe out an entire nation (or the entire planet) than to wipe out a significant chunk of plant life, and plants can't fight back.

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#42

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Me getting married.

I have faith.

lan0028456 , Emma Bauso Report

#43

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality We reach 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

KmetPalca , Mario Spencer Report

#44

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Technology getting even weirder than it already is.

VibrantTaro , Harsch Shivam Report

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Tabitha
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What matters most is how it ends up being used. If used to benefit us all, OK. If used to destroy most of us, f**k NO.

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50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality The humankind will invent its way out of the catastrophes we fear today. What will the way be and whether it's better than our current situation or not, I don't know. Also, there will be something else to worry about by then.

schneebitch , Ahmed akacha Report

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Freya the Wanderer
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad you're so optimistic. Nothing wrong with that, but on the other hand we do have to face reality and prepare for the worst.

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#47

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Fusion power plants being 30 years away.

inkseep1 , Johannes Plenio Report

#50

50 Predictions For The Next Thirty Years People Think Have A 99% Chance Of Becoming A Reality Another sequel to Frozen.

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