Anticipating the Future: What Awaits Us Before 2025

Are you the same person you were ten years ago?

You must have lived in a totally different world than what it is now.

The 21st century is an era of fast technological advancement, and we're

advancing at an incredible rate.

What will the world be like in 2025, in your opinion?

In less than 5 years, yet according to a number of reports, it's going to

in 5 years to be incredibly exciting.

Look at it.

In terms of energy output, solar panels will surpass fossil fuels and overtake them as the primary energy source.

in the world.

Because of new and updated materials, Thomson Reuters researchers are confident that this will occur.

With those, solar panels will be able to capture a lot more sunlight, even in cloudy conditions.

Virtual and augmented reality will become commonplace.

Although it is still a very new and undeveloped technology today, in five years it will be something.

Applications in daily life are commonplace.

For instance, you will be able to take a virtual tour of a hotel before making a reservation.

in it.

Or perhaps carefully inspecting 3D models of every item in a store before adding it?

add to your cart?

Handy!

Speaking of augmentations, humans will also be improved.

In place of a paper or plastic ID, microchips are inserted into your skin; bionic limbs with

all the capabilities that genuine arms and legs have; implants that enhance the performance of internal organs;

Describe it!

All of this and more will be made widely available to the public by 2025, and from that point on, it'll only

cheaper and more well-liked.

Either the entire problem of traffic bottlenecks or a large portion of it will be resolved.

With the rising desire for flying automobiles and driverless cars (I can't wait! ),

There will be far fewer human factors.

Large cities will finally address this issue because it is the primary cause of traffic congestion.

We'll all be able to finish things on time and enjoy the comparatively free roadways.

I am really excited!

By 2025, gasoline will essentially be a thing of the past.

Gas-powered cars will be steadily phased out of the market in favor of electric and hydrogen-powered ones.

Additionally, it's likely that solar-powered vehicles will appear and eventually displace all the others.

Imagine having an automobile that can be used anywhere it is sunny and has a few hours to charge.

Fuel no longer runs out in the middle of nowhere!

IoT, or the Internet of Things, will be everywhere.

Literally everything will be connected, including smart offices, houses, and entire buildings.

only by separating internal networks from anything else.

Living alone and returning to a nice meal and a tidy home after work will become a reality.

With a few quick swipes of your finger across the smartphone or tablet screen, everything will be completed automatically.

The global reach of the Internet will increase.

Only 3 billion individuals on the planet today regularly utilize the internet, whereas the

The other 5 billion people have either very little or no access.

Several significant businesses, including Google, Facebook, and SpaceX, are already collaborating on

a project that will provide everyone on earth with access to the Internet at rates greater than 1 megabit

each second.

It will definitely be put into practice by 2025.

There will be significant advancements in artificial intelligence.

In five years, the AI will not only be able to respond to straightforward queries and carry out your instructions, but it will also develop into something deeper and more curious.

It may even be able to communicate with you, albeit not in the same way as Siri now does.

The Jarvis of Tony Stark

In other words, it will become the greatest helper for everyone.

Even medicine won't stay put for long.

Even today, this essential field is advancing, and in five years, doctors will be able to

will identify answers to the most crucial problems we are currently experiencing.

There are plenty of these, including as treatments for diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, and AIDS.

Things have long been a problem for humanity.

Of course, it won't be cheap at first, and it's not as simple as it seems, but the most important thing is that the solutions will be discovered; the rest is just a matter of time.

When the human DNA is likely to be deciphered, the only remaining concerns will be ones of morality.

People can now have their genetic makeup changed.

With those, we'll be able to prevent some incredibly frightening genetic disorders in children from developing.

Even now, this idea is discussed by scientists worldwide; thus, by 2025, the question

should have a firm resolution.

The use of plastic will eventually disappear.

By 2025, biodegradable plastic will be widely used, according to the same Thomson Reuters report I previously mentioned.

Plastic packaging will be phased out in favor of materials based on cellulose.

We will take a giant step toward a greener planet if we stop fouling the ground and the waters.

You won't even notice the difference because the new material will feel like plastic, by the way!

A little science fiction for you: teleportation and time travel will no longer be unheard of.

Recently, researchers found evidence for the feasibility of quantum teleportation, while other researchers made

a time-traveling experiment in which particles returned to their original states while appearing to be in motion.

The researchers emphasize that quantum tests cannot demonstrate that these phenomena can be replicated in the real world.

And of course, we won’t be able to go to the past or teleport around the world in 5

years’ time.

But the concept itself will become more real either way.

With genetic modification becoming commonplace, modified crops will be grown indoors.

Changes to the plants’ DNA will make them more resilient and less prone to failure.

while at the same time increasing the yield.

The times when GMOs were up for debate will have long since gone, and everyone will be

able to literally taste the progress.

Robots will take over the most menial jobs on the market, making humans turn their attention elsewhere.

to more intellectual tasks, opening new opportunities for avid learners.

Human assistance won't be necessary for anything that robots can do.

However, in some spheres, these robotic workers won’t be completely autonomous.

They will have to be manipulated by people, either directly or by programming them to

do the required stuff.

That will open up new jobs, so there is no need to fear that robots will take them away from us and

add to the unemployment rate.

Speaking of learning, acquiring new skills will be much easier in 5 years than today.

With the development of AR and VR, of which I told you earlier, even the most practical

skills will stop requiring your actual presence in the room with your teacher.

Want to learn how to drive a car?

Here’s a simulator, right in the comfort of your home!

Perhaps such a method of learning won’t be too widespread yet, but it will definitely

start taking over the minds of people and getting more and more popular with every passing

year.

Machine learning will also make large progress.

Things like near-perfect electronic translators and navigation systems that adapt to your driving

style, and other gadgets and software will make our everyday lives much easier.

We’ll be able to communicate with anyone we want almost without the language barrier.

and do our routine stuff quickly and without any discomfort.

And it’s all thanks to clever machines that teach themselves from their surroundings and

the decisions taken, either by humans around them or by the machine itself.

5G mobile Internet connections will be common in most technologically advanced countries.

and cities.

With 4G, it takes up to an hour to download a movie from the web; 5G takes it to a whole

new level, downloading the same movie in just a few seconds.

The connection speed of this network is simply astounding, and it allows all kinds of things.

to be done, from real-time broadcasting of sports events, like it was done during the

Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018, to long-distance manipulation of robot surgeons

by actual doctors.

Blockchain will become the preferred method of transferring money and valuable assets.

between people and organizations.

You must have heard about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — those are based on the

blockchain technology.

In short, it allows you to get rid of the middleman while transferring your money, making

the operation secure and direct.

For example, when you make a transfer from card to card, your bank plays the role of

that middleman: It tracks all your transactions and can block your account if you do something

It thinks it's suspicious.

With blockchain, nobody but you knows about your operations, which makes it pretty awesome.

You know your money is always in your hands.

Until you spend it.

And finally, entertainment will become even more diverse with the growth in popularity.

of space tourism.

Right now, entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Elon Musk are only getting ready to launch.

their first space tours, and they’ll only be affordable for the wealthiest.

But by 2025, the cost of it will slowly start to decrease as the whole process becomes

more easily performed.

I’m not saying we’ll all be able to go see the stars firsthand; it’ll still be

very expensive, but it will be a beginning, and who knows — maybe in another decade.

We’ll be riding rockets into orbit like we fly in airplanes today?

What do you think will happen in five years?

Let me know in the comments!

friend.

But wait, don’t go flying off in your jetpack just yet!