The Future Timeline
7 Generations From Now (from 2020 CE) Biological immortality, or negligible senescence, is not invincibility against accidents or violence, but rather the cessation of aging and the ability to prevent or cure all diseases, including genetic disorders. Essentially, it involves maintaining the body and its functions in a youthful state indefinitely. The key components of […]
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This estimate aligns with the medium-variant projection from major demographic studies like those conducted by the United Nations, which predict that the population could be between approximately 9.3 billion and 11.3 billion by the end of the century.
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This is the self-driving EV taxi tipping point. The year EV taxis outnumber individually owned vehicles world wide. While individually owned vehicles will likely be a part of society forever, nearly everyone owning at least one is unsustainable over the long-term. A key point in this journey into the future is the year that self-driving EV
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400 Generations From Now (from 2020 CE) Kardashev scale: Type I | Type II | Type III Renewable and clean power output equals our galaxy: I have redefined Type III to shift from merely capturing the energy of a galaxy to utilizing energy sources that produce power equivalent to that of our entire galaxy. This
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6 Generations From Now (from 2020 CE) Kardashev scale: Type I | Type II | Type III (A framework introduced by the Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev in 1964.) Essentially 100% renewable and/or clean energy: I have expanded Type I from merely capturing Earth’s energy to producing an equivalent amount of energy, focusing on renewable and
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80 Generations From Now (from 2020 CE) Kardashev scale: Type I | Type II | Type III Renewable and clean power output equals our star: I have redefined Type II to shift away from merely capturing the Sun’s energy to utilizing energy sources that produce power equivalent to that of our star. This adaptation moves
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By 2090, the integration of androids into everyday human life may shift from the realms of science fiction to everyday reality. This shift will be driven by advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, and societal acceptance. As we gaze into the next half-century, the path to achieving a 1:1 ratio of humans to androids presents both
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44 Generations From Now The transformation or emergence of beings that have transcended current human biological and cognitive limitations. This could be achieved through advanced genetic engineering, cybernetic enhancements, or the development of entirely new forms of consciousness within AI systems. A group of our descendants are likely to attain God-like abilities over matter and
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Geological and astronomical models predict that Earth is due for another glacial period within the next 100,000 years, possibly plunging much of the planet into ice. This event will significantly impact ecosystems, sea levels, and potentially human civilizations, depending on technological advancements and societal adaptations.
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12 Generations From Now (from 2020 CE) The estimate of 300 years from now, give or take a century, marks a speculative point when we might reasonably expect a response from extraterrestrial life. This prediction takes the centennial anniversary of the Arecibo message into account, a significant milestone in human history. It was the first high-powered,
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520 Generations From Now Right now Polaris is our North Star. In 13,000 years it will be Vega. The Earth spins as it revolves around the Sun, but the North Pole is always pointing toward the North Star, Polaris. The Earth spins and only wobbles a tiny bit over millennia as it revolves around the
The constellations we recognize today will be vastly different in a million years due to what astromers call “proper motion” of stars. This will transform our night sky, creating new constellations from stars that have shifted positions, presenting future astronomers with a completely new celestial map to study. Because of stellar motion, our current Star
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We can measure the movement of continents very precisely. Their future locations are a simple exercise in the empirical sciences. Predictive models like “Pangaea Proxima” (sometimes called “Next Pangaea” or “NeoPangaea”) predict the formation of a new supercontinent in about 250 million years, potentially sooner. This model sees “ALL” of Earth’s continents coming together to
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The Lambda Cold Dark Matter model of the universe predicts a Big Freeze. The Big Freeze is projected sometime after 10100 years from now. That’s a set of googol years from now. After billions is trillions then quadrillion. After quadrillions is Quintillion, Sextillion, Septillion, Octillion, Nonillion, Decillion, and finally a GOOGOL. This number is beyond
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Over an incredibly long timescale, the Sun’s white dwarf remnant could cool enough to become a black dwarf, a theoretical stellar remnant that emits no light. Although speculative, theoretical models give us insight into the lifespan of the Sun as a white dwarf. After transitioning into a white dwarf, the Sun is expected to cool
In about 50 to 100 billion years, then over tens of billions of years, gravitational interactions with other bodies and the loss of mass by the Sun as it becomes a white dwarf could cause the remaining planets’ orbits, including Earth’s (if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase), to decay or become unstable.
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After shedding its outer layers and engulfing the inner planets during its red giant phase, the Sun will leave behind a white dwarf. The remaining material could potentially form a new planetary system around this white dwarf.
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The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are expected to collide and merge into a single elliptical galaxy. Despite the dramatic nature of this event, the vast distances between stars mean that direct stellar collisions are unlikely.
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The death of our Sun is estimated to occur in about 5 billion years. Around this point, life on Earth will become uninhabitable. There will likely be life here right up until there’s not. Most humans will have left the planet many millions of years prior to this point. Also, the merging of the Andromeda
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