I am very interesting in sourcing various inputs from different communities. I am developing a project to help people practice their imagination of the distant but not so distant future.
Find clean water, food for your next meal and perhaps even some fuel to burn.
AGI, genetic editing of humans for starters. Advanced robotics, the discovery of alien life. Maybe another new paradigm in our understanding of the science and the universe on a par with Einstein’s?
Asteroid mining.
Geoengineering of Earth’s climate.
Discussion around the liability of virtual avatars in virtual reality.
No one knows. Whatever progress we could have is likely to be suppressed by rich people refusing to give up on their cash cows. I wouldn’t be surprised if F1 is still going strong and America still doesn’t have mixed zoning.