What 2047 will look like | Future Forecast

Read 67 predictions for 2047, 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 2047

• Information and skills can be downloaded into the mind instantly (Matrix-style) 1
• Genomes of all discovered insect species sequenced 1
• An AI is awarded a Nobel Prize 1
• Morbid obesity no longer exists 1
• Global reserves of Gas is fully mined and depleted 1
• World population forecasted to reach 9,565,600,000 1
• World sales of electric vehicles reaches 24,386,667 1

Technology Forecasts for 2047

Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2047 include:

• Virtual reality and the global hive mind: Future of the Internet P7
• Humans not allowed. The AI-only web: Future of the Internet P8
• Will humans live peacefully in a future dominated by artificial intelligences? - Future of artificial intelligence P6
• How humans will defend against an Artificial Superintelligence: Future of artificial intelligence P5

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Technology related podcast episodes that cover trends in 2047

• What humans will evolve into | Life in 2030 podcast | S1:E1

Culture Forecasts for 2047

Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2047 include:

• After the age of mass unemployment: Future of Work P7
• List of future legal precedents tomorrow's courts will judge: Future of law P5
• Future of growing old: Future of Human Population P5
• Future of death: Future of human population P7
• How Generation Z will change the world: Future of Human Population P3

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Science Forecasts for 2047

Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2047 include:

• Climate change and food scarcity in the 2040s: Future of Food P1

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Health Forecasts for 2047

Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2047 include:

• Biohacking superhumans: Future of Human Evolution P3

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March 3, 2021. Last updated March 3, 2019.

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