2050 will be the decade when most of us will be retired. What are your predictions for the world then?
A millennial will finally become president at the age of 70
A young’n, eh?
Nonsense, our 100 year old parents would still somehow be gripping to power with their cold, dead hands.
Won't be a country left thanks to Boomers spending like a drunken sailor the last 50 years. They inherited a rich nation after WW2, and in one generation they bankrupted it. No social security. Dollar is worthless. No border security. Boomers are the type of people who would use up all the toilet paper and then set the restroom on fire so nobody else can use it. That's what they did to Millennials. 💯
What country? 😉 Gabriel Boric is the President of Chile (since 2022), born 11 February 1986
Any ideas who that might be based on current politicians & or celebs?
Probably the worst high-profile millennial internet celebrity you can think of
One of the Logan Paul kids?
Fair enough
T-Swift.
How is she the worst?
I took worst to mean as a presidential candidate, not as an individual. She is one the most high profile millennial celebrities right now, but she has zero political background or experience.
I'll become president.
Matpat
Why?
Propaganda will invest in gen alpha. As boomers die off politics will focus on youth.
And they will have been part of the good old boy network for 20 years. The cycle will continue
That's assuming that the US will still be around by that point.
I think the rock will be president. He’ll be too old for his usual shit and have Taylor swift as his vp.
It'll be even dumber and worse for most people.
Can you give an example of that, the dumber & worse aspect for people?
The politics are probably going to be even more performative and cruel, basic necessities like food and rent will continue to expand drastically past wages, entire industries will run aground AI and other stupid bullshit that companies will embrace wholeheartedly despite being bad for the goods and services they make because they get to cut workforce and boost stock price, and headlines will read something like "President dances with Nick Jonas Jr. on FaceTock to raise awareness of water shortages over the entire West Coast and southwest US" and "Supreme Court repeals labor act; world's first quadrillionaire hails it as 'return to fiscal freedom'" or some shit like that.
A few years ago I heard a joke:
The factory at the edge of town is fully automated, and it has two employees.
It employs a security guard, and a guard dog.
The security guards job is to feed the guard dog. The guard dogs job is to keep the security guard away from the machines.
Edit
Cleaned up the last sentence due to duplicate words.
Got it, thanks for the examples
I wouldn't be surprised if America went full-on Idiocracy.
That movie is so prophetic. 😭🤣😭🤣
Identity politics will exacerbate the culture wars so far that no one will know what it means to be an American. Agreeing on 99% of something will not be enough. A green on 99% of everything will not be enough. Everyone will be a heretic.
That’s not how it happens. Eventually a breaking point is hit and the country disintegrates like Yugoslavia
Gonna need a clarification on your idea of what "identity politics" are, because that can go in two very different directions.
What two directions are you envisioning?
We will continue to live in interesting times. They might even be more interesting than they are now
Thought and prayers
Interesting in a good way or a bad way?
Yes
Both
We will be walking around wearing augmented reality glasses, as light as reading eye glasses, and each of us will be walking side by side with a buddy Pokémon.
and each of us will be walking side by side with a buddy Pokémon
I'll take a Pikachu
Extinction.
Climate change
I hope not
People downvoting this lol. Reddit is so dumb sometimes.
I hope so.
Youngerst generation will hate us for having it so easy
The baby boomers were the only ones that had it easy though
Ah, but from their point of view, they're going to think we did have it easy.
Agree.... Note I'm not hopeful for the future
Some did and some didn't. Same with the other generations.
They are going to hate you for saying that, back in your day, you could have bought a house for 200k in 2019
In 2050 it will be 1.2m for a shabby 3bed 2 bath that was built in 2019 and minimum wage will be like 18$/hr
You think most of us are retiring?
I will be.
I choose to be optimistic. I have pessimism fatigue. In the US at least, since 9/11 it seems like we get gradually more pessimistic. I would like to see another decade like the 90’s where things are relatively peaceful and we’re optimistic about the future.
The 90s were much more violent than today
Murder rate was nearly double in the us than it is now and there were several genocides taking place all over the world
"The great INSERT COUNTRY dream of owning a house is becoming harder for today's generation"
Will be added with;
"The great INSERT COUNTRY dream of owning a car is becoming harder for today's generation"
Very sad
We will be able to retire?
Maybe. Because according to an Urban Institute study, about 38% of early millennials will have “inadequate” retirement income at age 70.
As long as $3-4 million by 60 is enough.
Not me. I'll only be 63.
Probably not, but if anyone is retiring then, I'll be among them.
Honestly I can't give better answer than dumpster on fire.
Climate change denial will switch to eco-fascism, first slowly then all at once.
Once the overwhelming evidence moves from scientific research to tangible real-world examples, the official party line will morph from:
"Climate change is a hoax"
to
"Climate change is very real and it's causing a global refugee crisis, which is why we need to line our borders with machine guns and oh we should probably become a Christian theocracy too."
You know what's sad? I can totally see that happening, with the exact same people staying in power and no one questioning if they're not dicking us all over, or those who do question it getting dismissed as brainwashed idiots.
When Trump was at the height of his build the wall stuff and people were freaking out, I had a sad thought:
"What a luxury it is to be able to be mad about this. Eventually, climate change will make it so most people are begging for a wall."
I agree with everything you said in your comment. I think about this often.
Terrifying for sure
We're all going to be dead in the water wars by then so no worries
Sokka-Haiku by joehighlord:
We're all going to
Be dead in the water wars
By then so no worries
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
Indeed, water wars are a very real possibility, like the one that may happen between Sudan, Egypt & Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
USA defaults but so does everyone else. The enshitification reaches it's peak and we revolt. AI still hasn't done shit. We go back to homesteading in viable areas, which will be near the poles because the climate is fucked.
That's grim for sure
Dealing with the consequences of shit we should have handled like yesterday
My prediction is that the world will be a nuclear wasteland in 2050.
Fallout world, gotcha
2050 is the decade we will hit 3C of global warming, so probably a lot of stuff around the collapse of civilization and mass migration and starvation and extreme weather.
Mad max
Grim, does the science really say 3C that quick?
There are a few climate scientists who think so, and if you look at the actual science, I think 2050 is optimistic.
“The science” I’ve heard that one before 😂
Oh look it’s the guy that doesn’t believe in science and I already know from past also believes that violence against women isn’t a thing to be concerned about.
Kids will be all-in on the newest fad of... Hoverboards. For real this time.
Probably.
Hoverboards
Sounds great, it's gonna help my senior self get around so fast
Earth being over populated by 12 billion+ humans. WW3 for earth resources. Something related to those 2 predictions leading to a mass extinction of 1/3 or 1/4 human population. Probably from drought most likely.
Can't be THAT gloomy, all species go through this eventually. It's our turn.
Fair enough
Whoa whoa. Let’s just get to 2030 first and then decide if we’ll make it the next decade.
Gen "whatever they'll be calling the 20 something's then" will be blaming us for ruining the economy, housing market, politics, job market, social security, college costs, and complaining that we can figure out whenever it is that'll replace cell phones by then.
And we'll call them lazy and entitled.
The three jokes I used to use, I can’t use anymore.
With questions like this, I’d say we’d finally see Duke Nukem Forever, Dr. Dre’s Detox, and the Cubs win the World Series.
Duke Nukem Forever would be amazing but I really don't think Dr. Dre will be around come 2050, seeing how he's got high blood pressure & his past strokes/brain aneurysms.
Technological singularity.
AI overlords?
More abundance due to rise of AI technology. Universal income available for people since AI will have taken over many jobs. Entertainment will be intense and incredible because of advancements of AI. You’ll be able to “live” movies. Human population will be on decline for a variety of reasons and it will continue to decline in the subsequent years.
Universal income available for people since AI will have taken over many jobs.
Andrew Yang was right
I find it ridiculously optimistic to think things will still be going as they are and have been, I picture mad Max
I picture mad Max
Terrifying
New strain of virus. Lockdown.
Very likely with all the billions of people in the world all vectors for viruses
President AGI has deemed it apropos to give all humans free, edible kittens.
Terrible
I doubt the retirement age will stay the same, I think by 2050 that concept will be phased out, and people will just be working till they kick the bucket. Hard to say how the world will be by then, but I'm assuming more crowded, worse weather conditions and a more polarized class system; i.e. rich will be richer, the rest will be poorer.
Death hopefully.
Some want to die, some want to live
I don't want to be alive, but don't want to die.
To quote Frida, my only hopes for the future: “Espero alegre la salida… y espero no volver jamás”
She is my favorite artist. Thank you.
Nuclear Wasteland
Scary
Did anyone else see the recent Alex Garland film, Civil War? I think it’s actually set around 2050 and could be easily spot on, politically speaking
Also, hopefully a lot of us awesome x-mill-zennials are teaching our children to, at base, be empathetic and considerate…that might help some of the shit going on? Except climate change, cuz Mama Nature is gonna do what she’s gonna do. And billionaires. Whatever on them, I’m having a bitch of a time finding a slightly affordable tiny apartment for three in central-ish Massachusetts (for the second time in a year with a 40 mile radius), I can’t even comprehend the lives those people live
Maybe in 2050 I’ll have a little house with a yard 🤔🥰 ring in the age 65 with a party celebrating my success
Very interesting, thank you
All the boomers will be gone, so that's a plus.
I'll probably be gone, too, as I'll be very old.
No time to celebrate
I’ll be old and hopefully retired.
Me too
Peace after a lot of chaos and war sadly.
I can see that
Life will keep going but might be different just like how life changed since the 2000s to now. People will die and others will be born.
Edit: In my personal life, it might get better or worse.
In my personal life, it might get better or worse.
Here's hoping for the best for you
Thanks
Aliens
They are here to take our jobs & resources
AI and robotics would most likely take over 40% or more jobs during that year. Just guessing
Interesting, thanks
Folks will still be predicting working AI in near future, nano robots curing some disease. It will be interesting to see the damage that fentanyl and meth can do in 25 years. Population calapse in China and Japan.
Fair enough
View Extrapolations on Apple TV+ it goes from 2037 to 2070. Pretty terrifying stuff.
Horrific
Hopefully the USA will still be around even if certain states do decide to secede. I honestly don't think our country will live to see its tricentennial. We most likely will have broken up and all of the states will be their own independent nations, with some continuing to be allies with other states whose residents have similar political views. If not all 50 states, possibly certain states such as California and Texas will have seceded, and the remaining United States will no longer be a "superpower".
Sad
I’ll be dead I hope
RIP
fallout.
Thanks
Still no woman president in usa
Very sad
Gen X will still be referring to teenagers as millennials.
Oh buddy, I hate to be the one to tell you, but I have some bad news retirement…
Retirement is not for everybody but it is for some people
electric blowjobs.
Great prediction, thanks
Luffy is about to get to laughtale.
Feasible
I’ll be 65 and probably still working, unless things take a favorable turn.
I’ll be 65 and probably still working, unless things take a favorable turn
Here's hoping it does
I'll be 61 and hopefully dead by then.. The world is already a shit show. Another 26 years? Nah fuck. I don't want to be alive for it. My prediction is something like the movie Idiocracy to Fallout.
My prediction is something like the movie Idiocracy to Fallout.
Fair enough, thank you
I predict retirement age to jump to 80. One final fuck you to our generation.
Very sad
Chaos
Thanks
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; or never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.
Very detailed, thank you
Pain. I pitty the the fool.
More painkillers
Most of us will not be able to afford elder care. The rate of elder homelessness will skyrocket. Healthcare will be out of reach for many and Social Security will be gone. With any luck, a generation that grew up under the thumb of self-serving politicians will be changing that landscape but the damage will already be done.
War, famine, fascism and mass migration.
Water wars I guess?
I plan on being dead long before then.
RIP to you
Thanks!
I always turn to the movie idiocracy for my future predictions lol. So far it's been spot on lol.
My prediction is that I will still be working
Almost everything will be the same as it is today, but at ~4x the cost. So ~350k for state school college tuition, 1.2m for a 3 bed 2bath, 15$ for a mcdouble, 180$ to take a family of 4 to a cheap sit down, average family take home of 300k, and a 2050 Honda civic at around 120k
And most importantly, 4-5m required for millennials to retire at the age of 60
Retired!?!? Pfft, yeah, right we ain't never gonna be allowed to retire. Already got my old man job lined up imma be an usher at the ball park! Your seat is right over there sir
Hot dogs, get ya hot dogs here
No way I'm hurting my back carrying one of those things around! Let me see your ticket... right over here!
Pessimistic guess: It's basically life imitating art, and that art is The Handmaid's Tale
Optimistic guess: As more millennials and gen zs have more influential positions of power and politics, we as a society will get our collective shit together and shift the general social climate to one that is more accepting of people's rights, cares more about the environment, etc. Technology and AI will continue to improve and there will be a lot more uses for AI and virtual reality. There will be manned missions to Mars.
I’ll be pretty old.
I'd hope there's still a USA and no more Russian Fed. War over in Ukraine and people could finally stop trying to make Christian Nationalism a thing that would be great.
I am hopeful as well that, by then, ICE vehicles would be relegated to massive earth movers and ships and no longer be available for cars.
Fair enough, thanks
It will come after 2049.
AI takeover and WW3 will have demolished most everything.
Very scary prediction
I’m not overly optimistic about the future. I hope it doesn’t come to that, but the way society is going nothing would surprise me.
"All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again."
Bold of you to assume humanity makes it that long.
Kids born now won’t know the difference between the walking dead and the COVID pandemic
All of us might be dead by then.
Nothing will change. Technology will be slightly more advanced but it won’t be like the Jetsons or anything. We’ll still be driving cars. We’ll probably still be looking for the cure for cancer. Renewable energy will be more prevalent but we will still rely on fossil fuels. Wars and civil unrest will remain rampant in developing countries. We’ll still have billions of people without access to clean drinking water or food. It’s not gonna be the apocalypse, it’s not gonna be heaven. Human nature is going to remain the same it’s been for the past 100,000 years
AI has taken almost every conceivable job. Humans haven’t had to work since 2037.
We spend our days cleaning up our communities and helping people however we can.
Most of us just roam America enjoying each other’s company.
We’ve hit a platinum age of art. Everyone one is creating something for the rest of us to share and enjoy.
America for once is the greatest country in the world.
That I'll hopefully be dead by then
Fair enough
post civil war, there will be lots of jobs for the rebuilding in the people's democratic republic ;)
As a Montrealer, do you stand with the Francophones or Anglophones?
lol! it depends... I am not for ethnic tensions, but I sure as heck ain't for the crown of England either! As a native anglo montrealer, it's hard for me to go against my community, but at the end of the day if ethnic tensions break down, I'd like to think I'd stand on the side of class struggle, uniting the masses against our real enemy, the 1%
The nuclear fallout will have killed us all before then
Any safe areas?
Nobody is geting retired.
Some people definitely will
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