Predictions for 2033 | Future timeline
Read 19 predictions for 2033, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A trend intelligence consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends in foresight. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
Fast forecasts for 2033
- Technologies like AR/VR and new travel modes like hyperloops and autonomous vehicles begin now allow most workers to commute farther than before, leading to the creation of exurbs beyond the suburbs, (Likelihood 90%)1
- As private-sector, autonomous taxi fleets begin dominating urban roads, select city administrations begin integrating their public transit systems with these fleet companies in an effort to simplify and augment their local public transit systems for residents. (Likelihood 90%)1
- Plans are under discussion for a human mission to Mars by the middle of the decade. 1
- Injectable brain implants allow scientists to alter neurons to treat disorders and brain damage. 1
- Telepathic communication becomes possible with the help of computers. 1
- Injectable brain implants allow scientists to alter neurons to treat disorders and brain damage 1
- Telepathic communication becomes possible with the help of computers 1
- Injectable brain implants allow scientists to alter neurons to treat disorders and brain damage 1
- Telepathic communication becomes possible with the help of computers 1
- World population forecasted to reach 8,706,032,000 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 15,146,667 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 336 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 942 exabytes 1
Country forecasts for 2033
Read forecasts about 2033 specific to a range of countries, including:
Technology forecasts for 2033
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2033 include:
Culture forecasts for 2033
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2033 include:
- The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
- Automated policing within the surveillance state: Future of policing P2
- Real vs. digital in tomorrow’s blended schools: Future of education P4
- Degrees to become free but will include expiry date: Future of education P2
- List of sci-fi crimes that will become possible by 2040: Future of crime P6
Science forecasts for 2033
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2033 include:
- Public transit goes bust while planes, trains go driverless: Future of Transportation P3
- Peak cheap oil triggers renewable era: Future of Energy P2
- China, rise of a new global hegemon: Geopolitics of Climate Change
Health forecasts for 2033
Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2033 include:
- Moving from extreme life extension to immortality: Future of human population P6
- Experiencing tomorrow’s healthcare system: Future of Health P6
- Understanding the brain to erase mental illness: Future of Health P5
- End of permanent physical injuries and disabilities: Future of Health P4
