We'll see, but some technologies have the potential to change the face of the planet in ways we can barley imagine.
If nuclear fusion takes off, we have more power then we ever need, and mass pumping Co2 out of the atmosphere could be a viable thing suddenly.
Then there are looming miracles in food production. Lab grown meat and indoor farming in high rise buildings could massively raise food supply.
And lastly, autonomous robots doing construction & logistic work, and beyond that replacing basically every heavy lifting job on the planet. There are ~50 millions or so car produced annually, what if we started to pump these kind of numbers in robots? There could be "landscaping projects".
Throw all these technologies together and earth might look like Coruscant sooner then we think.
> If nuclear fusion takes off, we have more power then we ever need, and mass pumping Co2 out of the atmosphere could be a viable thing suddenly.
...and it will still be cheaper for the rich to climate control their own domes than the entire atmosphere.
> Then there are looming miracles in food production. Lab grown meat and indoor farming in high rise buildings could massively raise food supply.
...for those who can pay for it.
> And lastly, autonomous robots doing construction & logistic work, and beyond that replacing basically every heavy lifting job on the planet. There are ~50 millions or so car produced annually, what if we started to pump these kind of numbers in robots? There could be "landscaping projects".
...and robots would consolidate all of the money into the hands of the wealthy elite even more, since they no longer have to pay workers.
Technology is important but ultimately it is only a tool. Without massive social change, technology will continue to fall into the hands of people who only use it to enrich themselves.
Our cities will continue to grow and develop, but that doesn't use much space. Lab grown meat and vertical farms have the potential to actually increase the size of the wild spaces on Earth, even at double or triple our current population.
If nuclear fusion takes off, we have more power then we ever need, and mass pumping Co2 out of the atmosphere could be a viable thing suddenly.
Then there are looming miracles in food production. Lab grown meat and indoor farming in high rise buildings could massively raise food supply.
And lastly, autonomous robots doing construction & logistic work, and beyond that replacing basically every heavy lifting job on the planet. There are ~50 millions or so car produced annually, what if we started to pump these kind of numbers in robots? There could be "landscaping projects".
Throw all these technologies together and earth might look like Coruscant sooner then we think.