It can be quite a bit more complex to bring an end to the human world as you know it. At the risk of being super morbid, let’s take a look at just how the last scenes in our movie about humanity might play out. I just hope there’s a sequel… or at least an post credits scene. Ya, know for earth 2.
We know the effects of global warming and climate change are scary and are going to affect our future but global climate change has already affected the world in many observable ways, from loss of sea ice, to the accelerated rise of the sea level, to shifting plant and animal ranges. But if global warming doesn’t bring an end to the world, then what might it cause the world to look like for generations down the road?
Future human youngsters might have to deal with long term effects of global climate change like increasing temperatures, greater occurrences of heat waves and droughts, stronger and more intense hurricanes, and the Arctic Ocean becoming free of ice. In fact, the sea level is supposed to rise 1-4 feet by 2100, further increasing flooding in many parts of the world.
Maybe we should let the future humans know they should try and learn how to live underwater… or at least get some cool snorkel gear. Going even further, life for the next generations might be riddled with other complications of climate change like famine and social or political instability. Till then we might be able to terraform Mars also. But life in the future might not be all bad! One thing humanity always seems to be good at, and I’m a little biased here, is creating wonderful new technologies!
A type of technology that future generations might have as part of their lives are brain implants that could allow people to connect to the internet. Even the modern marvel Elon Musk is on board with his launch of the company Neuralink. This company aims to create what Musk calls “neural lace”, which would be technology that’s built into the brain that could create a wireless interface between human noggins and computers. Even testings of this lace are going on.
There also still seems to be a push for flying cars to be a part of our future. While there may be some safety and practicality issues also. Uber seems to want to capitalize on that desire with Uber Elevate, which has hopes to one day have a force of VTOL aircrafts, or “vertical take-off and landing” vehicles, for urban transportation. We humans sure do love the idea of flying! So what potential future technology interests you the most? Let me know down in those comments!
