An illustrated speculative timeline of future technology and social change

America's crisis in governance, 2001-2008

More references regarding the Bush Presidency as perhaps the worst ever in US history

2009-2017 The wealthy get perfect organ replacements and spinal cord repairs; personal relationships are undergoing big changes; TV and the internet converge; migrations into the sea; throwaway laptops


Biochemical weapons and related defenses; status of infectious disease worldwide; hazardous waste disposal/recycling (1998-2013)

Civilians find themselves on the frontlines of conflict as geopolitical power begins giving way to sociopolitical power; also, America's long decline begins in earnest, accelerated by gross administrative incompetence and corruption at the dawning of the 21st century

The astonishing decline of America OR How to go from respected sole world superpower to dangerous third world nation in just a couple generations

Commerce and employment are changing drastically in the developed nations (2009-2017)

2018-2025 Consumer robotics go mainstream; 'wire heads' appear; do-it-yourself medical care; organ regeneration; unmanned planes of many types becoming common
2026-2049 Biotechnology disappoints many; the world overhauls privacy and identity matters, even as surveillance becomes ubiquitous; global military spending is declining; households are gaining self-sufficiency in energy production as well as small object replication (3D printing becomes widely available)

The story of Kerri and Cluke
2030s state-of-the-art war technologies

2050-2081 World population is leveling off and getting older; software complexity is being overcome via directed evolution techniques, even as growing social complexity now makes consensus and across-the-board change tougher to manage; the power of flight is becoming available to everyone


2040s-2050s; The fantastic future of automobiles
2060s state-of-the-art war technologies

Perspectives on 1990-2050 America fails to cow the world; contagions prove to be a much larger threat than expected; terrorism grows in frequency and creativity; the results from SETI surprise both sides of the alien intelligence debate

Traditional religions suffer more setbacks as many long-time 'supernatural' mysteries are now yielding to very down-to-earth explanations

2000-2015: The developed nations are making substantial changes across-the-board to better match modern institutions to human nature

2015: The (mostly) failed covert takeover of USAmerica has unraveled by now

2025: The core remnant of the original Russia is becoming an important international player again

2030s-2040s: Some progress is being made in using quantum-physics to implement psychokinesis ("psi") type devices and effects

2000-2040s: In many aspects of physical, social, and economic conditions the world is becoming a colder, lonelier, and harsher place to live; there is also a growing divide between generations

2082-2183 The virtual telepathy of the shush net emerges; active electro-chemical mind alteration is becoming common; heavy commercialization of space is proceeding; historical stress levels on average citizens (as well as mass species extinctions due to growing human numbers squeezing out other lifeforms) are both peaking now


Intellectual property reform in the 21st century
Perspectives on 2051-2100 Washington D.C., Paris, Israel all become history; Privacy becomes essential; Angels and demons populate cyberspace; Diamond and gold investments crash

2184-2272 Synthetic human beings, practical force fields, Star Trek-style transporters and replicators, and terraforming of Venus all become fact; the wealthy enjoy their own solar system roaming spacecraft
2273-2350 Many now live in floating sky homes; death becomes obsolete; a second wave of deep space exploration begins; perfect nanotechnology bodies are created


Perspectives on 2101-2300 America falls from grace; Enslaved clones are common; Exploration of deep space begins in earnest.

2351-2600 Mars and the Moon are major commerce and industrial centers; Mars opens for civilian settlement; virtual states rule the Earth; space exploration/colonization beyond the solar system is faltering


Perspectives on 2301-2500 Long dead alien civilizations are found to surround Sol system; a lavish corporate virtual reality runs wild; a super being is born

The Pearsall Saga The story of the most famous space explorers in human history, who accidentally also became a powerful rallying symbol for humanity during the Peer Proof Wars

Perspectives on faster-than-light and time travel ("warp drive") technologies circa 2400 AD-2450 AD.

Perspectives on the structure of the superverse and implications for its transit and other means of exploitation

Perspectives on 2501-2800 War between humanity and the A.I.s begins with the end of the world

Reference notes about the Sol pertaining to 2601 and beyond

Our ultimate corporeal forms

Perspectives on 2801-3000 The greatest race in history may determine who will dominate the civilizations of two galaxies

Perspectives on 3001-6000 AD The race to claim the galactic core brings disaster and other unforeseen consequences; diversity among humanity's descendents escalates; breakthroughs in time travel are made

Perspectives on 6001 AD and Beyond The ultimate fate of the universe