What is the more realistic perception of the future?

[Chick Stern]

The reality is that we are still in baby steps of our understanding of physics. There are limitless breakthroughs still to be uncovered. We know very little of quantum physics yet.
We went from first flight to space flight in less than 100 years.
Once we get fusion squared away, things will really take off.

[Jasper]

shit we just solved our fly saucer - for my coffee cup.

actually that is pretty cool ... it is a start.

[Nanners]

none of these films are remotely accurate... the best examples would be the original Matrix, v for vendetta, gattaca, idiocracy, etc...

[Smook A.]

We already have a city that looks like Blade Runner 2049 and Cyberpunk - Chongqing, China.



All it needs are some flying cars

[Off the Court]

none of these films are remotely accurate... the best examples would be the original Matrix, v for vendetta, gattaca, idiocracy, etc...

The future will be like all of these films? Neo will be out destroying rouge AI agents while a masked anarchist frees Britain from fascists? And they are all complete morons?

[Off the Court]

AI and technology will be so advanced to the point we can't imagine it today. There will be virtually free energy. Human population will shrink. There's really no need to have kids anymore. There's no more working for money. No more fighting for resources. Countries will make a pact to denuclearized, work together and eventually explore space.

This is the most realistic take. Everyone's living standard will continue to ramp up dramatically just as it has been. It doesn't stop with us.

I think this thread shows that everyone has a bleak outlook on the future because they have been brainwashed by all these Hollywood movies. But in reality technology, AI, and advancements in healthcare and medicine are going to get better and better and the generations that follow ours will have it much easier than we do.

[ArbitraryWater]

none of these films are remotely accurate... the best examples would be the original Matrix, v for vendetta, gattaca, idiocracy, etc...

V for Vendetta was basically 2020-2021

[ArbitraryWater]

This is the most realistic take. Everyone's living standard will continue to ramp up dramatically just as it has been. It doesn't stop with us.

I think this thread shows that everyone has a bleak outlook on the future because they have been brainwashed by all these Hollywood movies. But in reality technology, AI, and advancements in healthcare and medicine are going to get better and better and the generations that follow ours will have it much easier than we do.

Sweet gullible soul.


"You will own nothing and be happy"

[ArbitraryWater]

We already have a city that looks like Blade Runner 2049 and Cyberpunk - Chongqing, China.



All it needs are some flying cars

So on point, bro.

[Patrick Chewing]

Sweet gullible soul.


"You will own nothing and be happy"

Yeah when in this happening, OTC? This utopia you guys have been promising for years has never come.

[iamgine]

This is the most realistic take. Everyone's living standard will continue to ramp up dramatically just as it has been. It doesn't stop with us.

I think this thread shows that everyone has a bleak outlook on the future because they have been brainwashed by all these Hollywood movies. But in reality technology, AI, and advancements in healthcare and medicine are going to get better and better and the generations that follow ours will have it much easier than we do.

Exactly. Look at us now. A poor person in the US is living much better than kings and queens who lived just a couple of hundred years ago.

[ArbitraryWater]

Exactly. Look at us now. A poor person in the US is living much better than kings and queens who lived just a couple of hundred years ago.

wayyyy too vague of a take, long of a timeline


Have you not seen the 15 minute "smart" cities that are being advocated for?

Or "the line" ?

[FKAri]

The reality is that we are still in baby steps of our understanding of physics. There are limitless breakthroughs still to be uncovered. We know very little of quantum physics yet.
We went from first flight to space flight in less than 100 years.
Once we get fusion squared away, things will really take off.

I'm just saying far more fantastical things could be achieved before FTL travel. If it's even possible. We're closer to backwards time travel(which is not close at all). And it's probably a requirement for FTL travel.

Sweet gullible soul.


"You will own nothing and be happy"

I think he's on the money. There'll be more prosperity and comfort but less autonomy and freedom. Things will become increasingly streamlined. You're either part of the system or you'll be an outsider who'll have a difficult time.

[Patrick Chewing]

I think he's on the money. There'll be more prosperity and comfort but less autonomy and freedom. Things will become increasingly streamlined. You're either part of the system or you'll be an outsider who'll have a difficult time.

Sounds like the premise of Demolition Man. We won't be able to swear anymore. The true free people live down in the sewers and eat rats.

[FKAri]

Sounds like the premise of Demolition Man. We won't be able to swear anymore. The true free people live down in the sewers and eat rats.

If you think of the spectrum from the wild west to this kind of future. Somewhere in the middle lies the happy medium we desire but where that is, is different for everybody. And it can also change over time. I think as a society we are becoming more and more OK with surrendering autonomy for comfort.