I do not see roads with cars. I believe that for an efficient approach at transportation we require automated vehicles that are connected to a central AI-computer or otherwise, they are able to communicate with each other. These vehicles would drive on their own after you input your destination and are able to avoid obstacles, do not collide with each other, and drive at constant speeds from one place to another with minimum deceleration because traffic would be negligible. Traffic is usually caused by accidents, construction or road maintenance, or the sheer lack of knowing what the best route is to avoid traffic in the first place. If all vehicles would be controlled by one central 'brain' hub, then they could be controlled accordingly to produce no traffic, while working at maximum efficiency and least pollution.
The future society must harness another source of power generation. Currently, our main way of creating power is directly, or indirectly, using a generator. This machine that converts mechanical energy (be it steam, water or air) to electric one by using a simple spinning turbine and a coil is very limiting in our development. Alternatives, such as direct electric generation from the sun is an important step is the development of our civilization. Solar flares pose a great threat to our current electrical grid, and we must be able to detect these, while having other alternative ways of creating electricity.
What I see in our future is energy transfer through the air without the need of wires, alternative modes of electricity production, such as pavements that produce electricity from people walking on them, new ways of locomotion, including hovering over superconductors, and a better way of harnessing the energy of the sun. I see homes that are totally energy efficient, with no energy waste in thermal regulation, but rather, they produce enough energy through new methods of harnessing the sun's energy, such as photo-conductive paint that they become energy hubs and power stations will become a thing of the past.
Similarly, our sustainable future society has to increase the efficiency in food production and assimilation. Rooftop farming and skyscrapers dedicated to farming are going to be a must in large cities. New ways of growing crops without soil and close to the local market will greatly decrease the use of space and energy wastage for transportation. I also envision a time where insects will become staple diet, for these can be farmed way more efficiently and provide humans with better nutriment than cattle protein or other similar types of inefficient food production.
Similarly, our sustainable future society has to increase the efficiency in food production and assimilation. Rooftop farming and skyscrapers dedicated to farming are going to be a must in large cities. New ways of growing crops without soil and close to the local market will greatly decrease the use of space and energy wastage for transportation. I also envision a time where insects will become staple diet, for these can be farmed way more efficiently and provide humans with better nutriment than cattle protein or other similar types of inefficient food production.
I also see bionic humans and robots in our daily lives. Humans will become half synthetic, half natural. New technology will make blind people able to see, some to grow back lost limbs, or otherwise use an exoskeleton to walk again. I also see the synthetic production of organs at a large scale replacing the need of transplants. People will live longer, creating a better chance for them to develop their skills and come up with world changing ideas, increasing our exponential burst of development. If a person would live for at least two hundred years, then he would be able to absorb more information and develop inter-disciplinary approaches to problems and research.
Space travelling will become more common and important. We will start to harvest minerals from asteroids, create a base on the moon and start terra-forming Mars. A possible new invention of travel or the immortality of men could lead to a nomad society that travels space. This society would branch out from our own and be lost into interstellar space in the hope that one day it could colonize other planets. This is very much like a tree dispersing it seeds. We could possibly send hundreds of these long term self-sustaining ships with near-immortal humans to all directions of space in the hope of avoiding extinction. We would not be able to know if they made it to the other side, but it could be our last chance at survival. Moreover, our civilization will become immune to disastrous asteroid collisions.
Quantum computing and new discoveries in physics will help to accelerate our technological advancement. Computers will become so powerful and efficient that we will not be limited by computational power in our search for stars and planets or nano particles, or things like parallel universes or wormholes. New ways of data storage, such as DNA-storage will become an asset. The internet will develop into semi-concious entity that can create new ideas and increase the assimilation of information in a way that no metapopulation within our global society will be left behind. Science will become the central part of education. Religion will no longer be necessary, and philosophy will take its place to teach children how to think in a constructive manner. Languages will decrease and we will start to use one language in order to communicate faster and with more people.
These are only some of the developments I see necessary for our future global society. Of course, the path we take in our future can be so different that most of these might be impossible or very easily surpassed by better alternatives. The most important thing however, is that our society does not go extinct before it reaches the point that it becomes sustainable. Until then, I can only envision and hope that the future will be as bright as I see it.
Space travelling will become more common and important. We will start to harvest minerals from asteroids, create a base on the moon and start terra-forming Mars. A possible new invention of travel or the immortality of men could lead to a nomad society that travels space. This society would branch out from our own and be lost into interstellar space in the hope that one day it could colonize other planets. This is very much like a tree dispersing it seeds. We could possibly send hundreds of these long term self-sustaining ships with near-immortal humans to all directions of space in the hope of avoiding extinction. We would not be able to know if they made it to the other side, but it could be our last chance at survival. Moreover, our civilization will become immune to disastrous asteroid collisions.
Quantum computing and new discoveries in physics will help to accelerate our technological advancement. Computers will become so powerful and efficient that we will not be limited by computational power in our search for stars and planets or nano particles, or things like parallel universes or wormholes. New ways of data storage, such as DNA-storage will become an asset. The internet will develop into semi-concious entity that can create new ideas and increase the assimilation of information in a way that no metapopulation within our global society will be left behind. Science will become the central part of education. Religion will no longer be necessary, and philosophy will take its place to teach children how to think in a constructive manner. Languages will decrease and we will start to use one language in order to communicate faster and with more people.
These are only some of the developments I see necessary for our future global society. Of course, the path we take in our future can be so different that most of these might be impossible or very easily surpassed by better alternatives. The most important thing however, is that our society does not go extinct before it reaches the point that it becomes sustainable. Until then, I can only envision and hope that the future will be as bright as I see it.
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