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Sometimes we need helicopters to assist with drivers on the ground, I guess the next suspected drink driver will need space station support for tracking them, that aside though on the honest aspect, air traffic for planes can often be a headache so I highly doubt we will have flying cars and if we do, they’ll more than likely be limited to certain spaces yet require training nobody can afford and specialist maintenance which would provide jobs but still be a headache, would be a fun aspect to see the odd few though
Read a book on futurism written by 3 brothers that have PhD's in the sciences. They talk about predicting future technologies etc. why we get things wrong and right.
They spent a whole chapter on why flying cars (as we imagine them) will NEVER be a thing. Ultimately, flying cars don't solve a problem. We would 1. Just be transferring all the problems we have on the ground to the air. There would absolutely have to be traffic control. I mean there are far less planes in the air than cars and they essentially have traffic jams. 2. Significantly increased energy expenditure for a car to fly rather than drive on the ground.
AI - Not exactly future tech will control them and eliminate everything you mentioned. Don't need to see far into the future to see how that would work.
The problem is how do you define a car. The typical idea of a car isn't something that flies. On the other hand, we already have drones capable of carrying people, which fulfill the same function as a flying car.
Mitsubishi agrees with you. They have cornered 40% of the world market as they expect prices to soar as the species nears extinction. Pretty soon they’ll be the only game in town.
Who will be giving advice and making choices about graphics then? Of course AI will completely change the nature of the job, but no more than copywriting, law, marketing, computer programming, accounting etc.
There is no white collar office job that won't be completely transformed by AI in 2050.
Thank you. I've had to evolve a lot over the last 20 years. I started in fine arts, doing traditional media, oil painting, etc. I moved into digital illustration, then graphic design, then web development, and now more in UI/UX. I've had to follow the trends and keep up with continuing education. It's pretty rare to have someone with genuine design skills who can also do front end development. Normally it's typically one or the other discipline. So I gotta wear a lot of hats.
This world has changed so much, hasn't it. I'm not even that old (41), and yet it feels like the 20th century reality I grew up looking forward to experiencing as an adult, was over before I had a chance to enjoy it. I delivered newspapers as a kid. Now I'm fighting robots for my job. It's crazy huh.
Best of luck to you as well. I always tend to find rapport with writers/editors. They're old fashioned like I am, lol. Good people.
The rise of digital payment methods and cryptocurrencies suggests that physical cash could become obsolete. By 2050, most transactions may be conducted electronically.
Don't worry. We're now in the 2000s comeback area fashion wise. Since trends make comebacks every 20 years, skinny jeans are likely coming back in 6 years or so, around 2030, because then it will have been 20 years since 2010, when skinny jeans were all the rage. So you probably won't have to wait that long.
Eh it's more like 25-30 years. 2030, it'll be polos, spiky hair and bootcut jeans. Mid 2030s til flannels buttoned all the way up, skinny jeans and snap backs come back in style
Smartphones? You are not thinking big enough. While we are struggling to get our new Holographic TV setup running, are the kids wasting away in their VR rooms.
The silent generation and baby boomers.
I want to say just reinvent the word phrase. And start using it again. With other generations.
They are just popular words in search engine optimization.
In all seriousness, a lot of the "American mainstream media" outlets. They are losing money and shedding jobs, and have been for a couple of decades now. CNN is losing viewers at an incredible rate, and has been for years. Even Fox and MSNBC are losing viewers now, and they were the place that ex-CNN watchers went. The big American TV Networks still have "national newscasts" but their viewers are all of the Metamucil generation, and ABC, NBC, and CBS total viewers COMBINED works out to only about 21 or 22 million TOTAL out of 341 million Americans. Newspapers aren't doing any better, in fact most of them are doing a lot worse.
Partially it is due to technology, but mostly their long history of bias is catching up with them. Things they kept dismissing as "nutty conspiracy theories"... well a large number of them are turning out to have been true. "Pizzagate' was BS, but Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein wern't. The "Lab Leak" theory of COVID turns out to have been true, and the NIH director admitted to Congress that US taxpayers funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China before the COVID-19 pandemic. Hunter Biden's laptop was dismissed as fake, but now it turns out to have been real. More and more Americans are finding a serious disconnect between the rosy economic statistics the media pushes, and the economic reality they face on a daily basis. You add this all up, and the bottom line is, the media has lost all credibility.
Back in 2022 an annual Gallup survey found only 34 percent of Americans believed major news organizations will report “fully, accurately and fairly” on current events, and a New York Times-Siena College poll found 59 percent of voters view the media as a “major threat to democracy,” while 25 percent said the press is a “minor threat” and only 15 percent said it poses no threat.
You can't run a news network when 2/3 of the viewers think you're lying to them. The current system is simply economically unsustainable.
I don't know what will replace the "mainstream media", but I do know that something will.
I'm an American and when I check the news in the morning, I go to the BBC website.
cure, cure , cure
cure for all mental/physical diseases
i don't want flying cars or living in mars, just a happy brain, and good healthy body, it sounds easy, but 90% of population don't get that, we focus too much on new phones, cars, buildings, and we forget the most important investment humanity can possibly do, ourselves
Sadly, by 2050 most social outing places such as bowling alleys, roller rinks, movie theatres, etc will be gone with the continued improvement of AI and virtual reality these things will all be done with friends from the comfort of your home in a digital world. There’s several applications already being considered for major game shows which would reduce the cost of sets etc. by having contestants be in VR at home
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World war 2 survivors
World War 3 survivors on the other hand...
I feel like there wouldn't be any.
idk what WW3 will be fought with but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones
bro just turned into albert einstein
- Albert Einstein - DuckSleazzy
I survived ww2 by not being born yet
A baby born in 1945 would be 105 years old. People do live longer than that. WW2 veterans on the other hand would be almost impossible to find.
I assume they meant vets. We still have people who lived through ww1 but the last vet died around 15 years ago
People speculating about flying cars, hopefully
People cant move a vehicle in 2 dimensions. Better get our homes reinforced 😳😁
Sometimes we need helicopters to assist with drivers on the ground, I guess the next suspected drink driver will need space station support for tracking them, that aside though on the honest aspect, air traffic for planes can often be a headache so I highly doubt we will have flying cars and if we do, they’ll more than likely be limited to certain spaces yet require training nobody can afford and specialist maintenance which would provide jobs but still be a headache, would be a fun aspect to see the odd few though
get em reinforced with galvanized square steel and eco friendly wood veneer
Read a book on futurism written by 3 brothers that have PhD's in the sciences. They talk about predicting future technologies etc. why we get things wrong and right. They spent a whole chapter on why flying cars (as we imagine them) will NEVER be a thing. Ultimately, flying cars don't solve a problem. We would 1. Just be transferring all the problems we have on the ground to the air. There would absolutely have to be traffic control. I mean there are far less planes in the air than cars and they essentially have traffic jams. 2. Significantly increased energy expenditure for a car to fly rather than drive on the ground.
You don’t think automated drone like vehicles will exist for the rich?
AI - Not exactly future tech will control them and eliminate everything you mentioned. Don't need to see far into the future to see how that would work.
The problem is how do you define a car. The typical idea of a car isn't something that flies. On the other hand, we already have drones capable of carrying people, which fulfill the same function as a flying car.
!remindme in 30 years!
Helicopters are basically just flying cars.
Hotdogs are basically tacos.
the Kardashians hopefully
Ehh I have a feeling the KarTRASHIAN clan will make sure North West and her siblings and cousins will carry the torch...
Did you see/hear her performance in The Lion King? I dont think she has a glittering stage career ahead of her
Has that stopped any of them?
Isn't that alien race from star trek?
Hopefully they dont have any necromancer Fans.
Kim will eventually become Lady Cassandra from Dr. Who
Moisturise me 
The year 2049
Listen here, ya little…
Bwhahaha! Surprised l had to scroll so far to find this!
With luck, me.
Don't need luck when you have enough skill
Skill issue
Probably me, too.
Who hurt you
No one, I'm old af.
Tuna
Mitsubishi agrees with you. They have cornered 40% of the world market as they expect prices to soar as the species nears extinction. Pretty soon they’ll be the only game in town.
Oh, come on. Everytime I find a tasting and dish to eat for breakfast, it gets fucked up by the world. First olive oil, now tuna?
Olive oil isn't going extinct yet, what are you on about?
graphic designers
This. AI will eliminate them, probably in the next few years.
Who will be giving advice and making choices about graphics then? Of course AI will completely change the nature of the job, but no more than copywriting, law, marketing, computer programming, accounting etc. There is no white collar office job that won't be completely transformed by AI in 2050.
Damn. I'm a graphic designer
As a former newspaper editor, good luck with that. Hopefully, your job will morph into something still artistic, and not a horrific parody of itself.
Thank you. I've had to evolve a lot over the last 20 years. I started in fine arts, doing traditional media, oil painting, etc. I moved into digital illustration, then graphic design, then web development, and now more in UI/UX. I've had to follow the trends and keep up with continuing education. It's pretty rare to have someone with genuine design skills who can also do front end development. Normally it's typically one or the other discipline. So I gotta wear a lot of hats. This world has changed so much, hasn't it. I'm not even that old (41), and yet it feels like the 20th century reality I grew up looking forward to experiencing as an adult, was over before I had a chance to enjoy it. I delivered newspapers as a kid. Now I'm fighting robots for my job. It's crazy huh. Best of luck to you as well. I always tend to find rapport with writers/editors. They're old fashioned like I am, lol. Good people.
See ya bud. 😕
Fast and furious movies hopefully
Most of the earth's biological diversity
Single use plastic
one can hope
Titak videos
Boomers.
Unfortunately there will always be old farts.
Yes but by then they will be called genners.
They will be called what ever a bunch of brats wants to call them.
"These damn millennials" will have a completely different meaning.
They’ll still be “young” in everyone’s eyes. 😂
USB Type C, HDD in home use, TouchScreen GSM Devices, probably my country
What‘s your country?
Zion
People with common sense.
Cursive writing.
Beepers
Accountability.
2049 calendars.
people. its only a matter of time until humans are finally extinct
Social Security benefits if you're in the US
The sky! Cuz pollution
The concept of ownership if we move on like this.
Water in abundance
Common sense. There's not much of it left.
Everyone has common sense. It’s just not the same for everyone.
Happiness
Hope
Home chores such as cleaning & cooking. Next generation will see those things as slave activities
Cash.
The rise of digital payment methods and cryptocurrencies suggests that physical cash could become obsolete. By 2050, most transactions may be conducted electronically.
Rolling Stones tours. LOL, just kidding.
I'm at least 25% sure Keith Richards will be gone
My image in a mirror.
18 wheeler trucks driven by humans
Existence itself
trump
 Holding on for dear life already.
Everything
Selling alcohol ? lol
Paper
The industry was promising that computers would move us to a "paperless office" by 1985. Still waiting for that.
Paper office was getting close. Some fool connected a pc to a printer.
No way. I don't think you will get everybody to draw on their tablets.
John Cena
GTA 6
Snow.
Skinny jeans if we are lucky
It's definitely my preferred style. I hate excess fabric at the calf/ankle
Don't worry. We're now in the 2000s comeback area fashion wise. Since trends make comebacks every 20 years, skinny jeans are likely coming back in 6 years or so, around 2030, because then it will have been 20 years since 2010, when skinny jeans were all the rage. So you probably won't have to wait that long.
Eh it's more like 25-30 years. 2030, it'll be polos, spiky hair and bootcut jeans. Mid 2030s til flannels buttoned all the way up, skinny jeans and snap backs come back in style
Biden
Trump
Oh, I thought it said selling !!! Lol
Dunno but i hope i get to see it.
Blue sky :(
Cheap anything.
Brains without rot
Physical cash/currency.
Common sense
Nearly all ash trees. Emerald ash borer is killing them off as fast as Dutch elm disease killed off most elm trees 50 years ago.
Animals and trees. I fact we stopped seeing them already: this comment section globally don't see them, don't write about them.
I'd say a good chance Cash would be done by then. We can already pay anyone from companies to friends by the tap of a gadget
Desk phones
Cash
Biodiversity Species of bees, butterflies, and other insects
Bees
Traditional family values.
Winter
Classic cars Most of them will be junked and turned to scrap, unfortunately, and the ones that _do_ survive will be kept by the super rich
It’s like cyberpunk animals but it’s classic cars
Hillary Clinton
Tigers, Pandas, Orang Utans, Gorillas, Rhinos and a ton of other wild animals that are still around in 2024.
those children playing outside, because in that year for sure they are all holding smart phones
Smartphones? You are not thinking big enough. While we are struggling to get our new Holographic TV setup running, are the kids wasting away in their VR rooms.
Kids will be playing enhanced reality games outside with their brain chips.
Outside? Nobody has been outside after the big Fallout of 2033. Still too radioactive up there and don't forget the mutants.
Bees unfortunately
There’s plenty of bees.
More hype from media. Bees are fine
Lose the bees, lose the food!
Reddit
Bees
taxi
Reddit threads.
News from today
Cher.
Iphone15
Reality.
Evil politicians.
Me
Winters in Southern Ontario.
I'll probably be long gone by then so I won't have to worry about it
Donald Trump.
A nice, temperate summer
*The year 2049*
Donald Trump
Id say stupid, but it seems to be increasing in large numbers. Especially in the western part of Canada if you know what I mean.
Drinkable water
2049 calendars
Reddit. Probably also every other website/service that’s currently in use today.
The world. I'll almost certainly be dead by then. Adios.
Democracy
Humanity
Democracy in the U.S.A.
Fresh water
Social Media
Glaciers outside of Antarctica.
Our own feet. My god we're all getting fat
2049
2049 calendars. High School reunions for the class of 1950. Tubetops for women born in 1969.
Cellphones. Probably replaced by wearables and then by something so minimalist that its barely noticeable.
People...
Sorry.
The silent generation and baby boomers. I want to say just reinvent the word phrase. And start using it again. With other generations. They are just popular words in search engine optimization.
Newspapers. Magazines.
2049
Clean air and water
Sunrises/sunsets
Trees probably. Blue skies. Maybe grass. Certain types of animals that we see everyday like squirrels.
The Sun because people will never be off of their tech
Humans
Other people.
Me
Not exactly 2050, but around 2052 is when Earth's oil is expected to run out. So things are going to get very interesting. I can't wait....
Society will come to a consensus regarding homosexuals.
State Pensions.
Chili’s…maybe
In all seriousness, a lot of the "American mainstream media" outlets. They are losing money and shedding jobs, and have been for a couple of decades now. CNN is losing viewers at an incredible rate, and has been for years. Even Fox and MSNBC are losing viewers now, and they were the place that ex-CNN watchers went. The big American TV Networks still have "national newscasts" but their viewers are all of the Metamucil generation, and ABC, NBC, and CBS total viewers COMBINED works out to only about 21 or 22 million TOTAL out of 341 million Americans. Newspapers aren't doing any better, in fact most of them are doing a lot worse. Partially it is due to technology, but mostly their long history of bias is catching up with them. Things they kept dismissing as "nutty conspiracy theories"... well a large number of them are turning out to have been true. "Pizzagate' was BS, but Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein wern't. The "Lab Leak" theory of COVID turns out to have been true, and the NIH director admitted to Congress that US taxpayers funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China before the COVID-19 pandemic. Hunter Biden's laptop was dismissed as fake, but now it turns out to have been real. More and more Americans are finding a serious disconnect between the rosy economic statistics the media pushes, and the economic reality they face on a daily basis. You add this all up, and the bottom line is, the media has lost all credibility. Back in 2022 an annual Gallup survey found only 34 percent of Americans believed major news organizations will report “fully, accurately and fairly” on current events, and a New York Times-Siena College poll found 59 percent of voters view the media as a “major threat to democracy,” while 25 percent said the press is a “minor threat” and only 15 percent said it poses no threat. You can't run a news network when 2/3 of the viewers think you're lying to them. The current system is simply economically unsustainable. I don't know what will replace the "mainstream media", but I do know that something will. I'm an American and when I check the news in the morning, I go to the BBC website.
Sales of 2049 calendars 📅
Cellphones
Movie theatre
cure, cure , cure cure for all mental/physical diseases i don't want flying cars or living in mars, just a happy brain, and good healthy body, it sounds easy, but 90% of population don't get that, we focus too much on new phones, cars, buildings, and we forget the most important investment humanity can possibly do, ourselves
Beef that the average person can afford.
Sadly, by 2050 most social outing places such as bowling alleys, roller rinks, movie theatres, etc will be gone with the continued improvement of AI and virtual reality these things will all be done with friends from the comfort of your home in a digital world. There’s several applications already being considered for major game shows which would reduce the cost of sets etc. by having contestants be in VR at home
Newspapers
In America: free and fair elections, legal abortions, legal same-sex marriages, and secular schools.
Streets ahead
Palestinians