What 2039 will look like | Future Forecast

Read 48 predictions for 2039, 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.

Fast Forecasts for 2039

Transport, production, agriculture almost 90% automated 1
Memory recording and replay becomes possible 1
World population forecasted to reach 9,095,212,000 1
World sales of electric vehicles reaches 19,106,667 1
Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 594 exabytes 1
Global Internet traffic grows to 1,518 exabytes 1

Technology Forecasts for 2039

Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2039 include:

Society and the hybrid generation
The slow death of the carbon energy era | Future of Energy P1

Business News for 2039

Business related predictions due to make an impact in 2039 include:

Automation is the new outsourcing

Culture Forecasts for 2039

Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2039 include:

Automated judging of criminals: Future of law P3
The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
Universal Basic Income cures mass unemployment
United States vs. Mexico: Geopolitics of Climate Change
How Millennials will change the world: Future of Human Population P2

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Science Forecasts for 2039

Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2039 include:

China, rise of a new global hegemon: Geopolitics of Climate Change
The end of meat in 2035: Future of Food P2
The job-eating, economy-boosting, social impact of driverless vehicles: Future of Transportation P5
Your future diet in bugs, in-vitro meat, and synthetic foods: Future of food P5