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      09-16-2022, 12:36 PM   #1
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The Year 2032 - what will it look like?

It's only ten years away - but what kind of socio-economic and world political views will be prevalent?

Will we have the iPhone 24?

ICE or gas and diesel cars and trucks are no longer sold new? Yes? (but there's a robust pre-owned ICE market)

What will gasoline cost in the USA?

What will the 30/15 year mortgages be like in the USA?

What other world events taking place now will shape the resulting world we live in - in a short 10 years from now?

What is the state of climate change in 2024?

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We were supposed to have those already! And given that most people can't drive in two dimension, flying cars will be a $hit $how...
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We were supposed to have those already! And given that most people can't drive in two dimension, flying cars will be a $hit $how...
That's a major understatement! The airspace, especially around airports, would be extremely dangerous.
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I will be 46 instead of 36. Wow that's depressing WTF.

But THEN.... silver lining.... kids will be grown and won't be as big a pain in the ass... I'll have my life back... and I'll be in the market for a Ferrari.
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The Year 2032 - what will it look like?
I doubt I'll be here to see it, and the way I'm going I'm not sure I want to be!
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One word. Flying cars.
Never happen.

Cars make lousy airplanes and vice-versa.

And besides, considering how folks drive these days, I can't imagine them actually flying an "airplane."
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The Year 2032 - what will it look like?

It won't be pretty. Everyone will have calloused thumbs and will be morbidly obese.
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I will be 46 instead of 36. Wow that's depressing WTF.

But THEN.... silver lining.... kids will be grown and won't be as big a pain in the ass... I'll have my life back... and I'll be in the market for a Ferrari.
News flash!

I am 48 and kids are still a pain in the ass, just more expensive!
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I am 48 and kids are still a pain in the ass, just more expensive!
Well shit
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Nah, you’ll be fine. The worry never ends, the problems just get bigger… and potentially more expensive.
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Sexy robot bodies replacing these tired old meatbags
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Nah, you’ll be fine. The worry never ends, the problems just get bigger… and potentially more expensive.
I'm good with a reduction in whining/crying, a gain in independence, and my freedom to leave home without having to lug a couple crazy kids with me.
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Considering how we are 10 years away from 2012, and 10 years away from 2032, these are my predictions for the world as a whole:

1. The Ukraine War will be over, but only recently. A ceasefire will have been reached most likely by the end of the 2020s, with Russia having taken control of some fringe regions in Eastern Ukraine.

2. Petrol and diesel will cost about 20-30 percent more than today.

3. There will be no more iPhone, instead, Apple is going to enter the realm of biohacking and sell a form of augmented reality contact lenses.

4. Politics around the world are going to get a LOT more polarized than they already are. The EU is going to face an existential crisis due to the rise of the far-right in countries like Poland and Hungary, and the US is going to become a lot more unstable. Progressive politics will become a lot more popular, as they already are becoming, but as a result, there will be an even uglier, more despotic reaction from the fascists.

5. Electric cars will be a lot more common in developed countries, and renewable energy will innovate at an unprecedented rate. Unfortunately, connected cars and overzealous governments are going to kill the driving experience, and people are going to be boiled like a frog in water.

6. Housing unaffordability will become the norm everywhere.
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6. Housing unaffordability will become the norm everywhere.
Funny thing... I've heard this housing unaffordability schtick for the last 50 years!
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Considering how we are 10 years away from 2012, and 10 years away from 2032, these are my predictions for the world as a whole:

1. The Ukraine War will be over, but only recently. A ceasefire will have been reached most likely by the end of the 2020s, with Russia having taken control of some fringe regions in Eastern Ukraine.

2. Petrol and diesel will cost about 20-30 percent more than today.

3. There will be no more iPhone, instead, Apple is going to enter the realm of biohacking and sell a form of augmented reality contact lenses.

4. Politics around the world are going to get a LOT more polarized than they already are. The EU is going to face an existential crisis due to the rise of the far-right in countries like Poland and Hungary, and the US is going to become a lot more unstable. Progressive politics will become a lot more popular, as they already are becoming, but as a result, there will be an even uglier, more despotic reaction from the fascists.

5. Electric cars will be a lot more common in developed countries, and renewable energy will innovate at an unprecedented rate. Unfortunately, connected cars and overzealous governments are going to kill the driving experience, and people are going to be boiled like a frog in water.

6. Housing unaffordability will become the norm everywhere.
Sounds like CNNs wet dream, but I think you give apple too much credit. Here's the amazing advancement they made in the last 10 years.



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Technically that's two words.
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I suspect we will be fully autonomous by then. All driver rights will be stripped from us. Or on the way to that at least.
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