- Large scale nuclear power continues to grow outside the US but does not grow as a percentage. Climate change is talked about the same amount.
- Human gene editing stays in the realm of the "near future"
- Average lifespan decreases due to preventable health causes but medical care continues to innovate overall.
- No near permanently manned (e.g. ISS) bases are established on other bodies. Asteroid mining stays in "near future" but with realistic plans at the end of the decade.
- VR continues to improve but still can't compete with the improvements in "traditional" technologies to displace them.
- BTC continues it's booms and busts but never becomes anything serious. Officially backed (large company/government) cryptocurrencies that aren't fully decentralized are made but most money is still transferred around as digital fiat currency.
- No flying cars common anywhere.
- Big banks remain the big banks, the largest banks pass 10T in assets.
- Multiple services provide relatively cheap high speed global internet coverage, despite this over 1 billion still don't have regular access to the internet.
- AI assistants continue to grow but don't displace expert job positions by the end of the decade.
- Human gene editing stays in the realm of the "near future"
- Average lifespan decreases due to preventable health causes but medical care continues to innovate overall.
- No near permanently manned (e.g. ISS) bases are established on other bodies. Asteroid mining stays in "near future" but with realistic plans at the end of the decade.
- VR continues to improve but still can't compete with the improvements in "traditional" technologies to displace them.
- BTC continues it's booms and busts but never becomes anything serious. Officially backed (large company/government) cryptocurrencies that aren't fully decentralized are made but most money is still transferred around as digital fiat currency.
- No flying cars common anywhere.
- Big banks remain the big banks, the largest banks pass 10T in assets.
- Multiple services provide relatively cheap high speed global internet coverage, despite this over 1 billion still don't have regular access to the internet.
- AI assistants continue to grow but don't displace expert job positions by the end of the decade.
Now to wait for 10 years and see!