God, this thread is bleak. Not undeservedly, but...woof.
Nobody's mentioned antibiotic resistant bacteria much that I saw, so that'll probably keep being more and more of an issue.
Everyone predicted a second Great Depression during Covid that lined up with 1929... Well, Trump and his friends might drive us toward that in 2029, or earlier.
AI peaks and we can't eke out much more real benefit from it, but there's too much investment in it for businesses to admit it, so the grifters spin into high gear.
Elon Musk and the other billionaires continues to get richer.
The poor continue to get poorer.
Trump pulls the US out of every socially-good but vaguely anti-business agreement.
Russia finally pulls out of Ukraine but keeps the bits it "liberated".
China declares itself to be the biggest and most stable global superpower as America and Russia have spun off the deep end.
Nobody's mentioned antibiotic resistant bacteria much that I saw, so that'll probably keep being more and more of an issue.
Everyone predicted a second Great Depression during Covid that lined up with 1929... Well, Trump and his friends might drive us toward that in 2029, or earlier.
AI peaks and we can't eke out much more real benefit from it, but there's too much investment in it for businesses to admit it, so the grifters spin into high gear.
Elon Musk and the other billionaires continues to get richer.
The poor continue to get poorer.
Trump pulls the US out of every socially-good but vaguely anti-business agreement.
Russia finally pulls out of Ukraine but keeps the bits it "liberated".
China declares itself to be the biggest and most stable global superpower as America and Russia have spun off the deep end.
I have to replace my bike tires.