Predictions: What the world will be like in 2100?

By 2100, for better and for worse, the world is going to look very different than it does today:

• Humanity will have crossed a threshold regarding climate change.

• Populations will cease to grow and achieve equilibrium.

• Advanced technologies will revolutionize how people live, work, travel, and even think!

Read on to learn what else our futurologist sees in store this century.

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 🔮 What the world will be like in 2100? 

Today’s in-depth article makes some thought-provoking predictions for how climate change, population growth, technology, and other mega-trends will transform life on Earth by the year 2100.

The 21st century is pivotal, as humanity’s actions now will determine the fate of life for future generations. Precision forecasting helps us prepare, but emerging technologies like artificial intelligence complicate the picture a little.

Still, reasonable projections indicate the global population will peak at 10.4 billion by 2100, with growth concentrated in Asia and Africa. Extreme poverty will largely end, yet inequality may rise. Up to 85% will inhabit cities, mostly across Africa and South Asia.

Climate change looms as a central challenge. Rising threats like deadly heatwaves and devastated coastlines already appear inevitable. Adaptation and clean energy transitions grow urgent before 2050.

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AND ANOTHER THING

• AI could help patients with respiratory symptoms

• The enormous potential of printed solar panels

• A "lost world" from a billion years ago discovered

• Crystals dancing to the tune of light might replace batteries

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 🦾 Future of Work and Human Enhancement 

Automation and artificial intelligence will radically reshape work and jobs by 2100. While some roles disappear, new specialized professions in climate science, genetics, space travel, robotics, and more could emerge.

With finance and transactions potentially decentralized or fully digital, traditional concepts of money and wealth may evolve dramatically or disappear.

Sensor networks, satellites, and AI will enable real-time monitoring and response to climate threats. Solar arrays in space and fusion reactors on Earth could supply abundant clean energy. A hypothetical space elevator could provide cheap access to orbit.

Biotechnology and brain-computer integration will push human enhancement further. Genetic engineering may eradicate disease and extend lifespans, while also allowing cosmetic traits like night vision or photosynthesis. Direct brain-computer links could augment memory, creativity, and intelligence.

Work may become fully automated and efficient while medicine conquers disease and aging. But environmental stability and wisdom in guiding technology remain uncertain. The future holds endless possibility and peril in equal measure.

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“The 21st century may well be the most auspicious in human history.”

Matthew S. Williams, today’s author

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