Predictions for 2037 | Future timeline

Read 17 predictions for 2037, 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 2037

  • With the proliferation of convincing artificial intelligence (AI) assistants and digital replicas of real-life individuals, people increasingly begin to form relationships and emotional attachments to AI entities. (Likelihood 90%)1
  • Sensors, drones, and automated farming equipment collaborate and carry out the majority of farming operations in developed nations, leading to higher crop yields and lowering the cost of farmed goods. (Likelihood 80%)1
  • Personal IDs become linked to biometrics in most developed nations, allowing citizens to travel to many international locations without passports or drivers licenses. (Likelihood 70%)1
  • Mind or Consciousness uploading is perfected (Matrix style). 1
  • Power and telephone lines are dismantled across developed countries due to wireless communications and energy transfer technologies. 1
  • Mind/Consciousness uploading perfected (Matrix style) 1
  • Global reserves of Zinc is fully mined and depleted1
Fast Forecast
  • Power and telephone lines are dismantled across developed countries due to wireless communications and energy transfer technologies. 1
  • Mind/Consciousness uploading perfected (Matrix style) 1
  • Global reserves of Zinc is fully mined and depleted 1
  • World population forecasted to reach 8,968,662,000 1
  • World sales of electric vehicles reaches 17,786,667 1
  • Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 500 exabytes 1
  • Global Internet traffic grows to 1,310 exabytes 1

Country forecasts for 2037

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