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00:00Do you remember yourself 10 years ago?
00:02The world around you was very different from now, wasn't it?
00:06No wonder.
00:07The 21st century is the age of rapid technological progress,
00:12and we're advancing at a mind-blowing rate.
00:15So, what do you think our world will look like by 2030?
00:18It's less than 10 years from now,
00:20but by various accounts, it's going to be some really exciting years.
00:25Let's see.
00:27Solar panels will beat fossil fuels and energy output,
00:31becoming the largest source of energy on the planet.
00:34Researchers from Thomson Reuters are sure this will happen
00:37because of new and modernized materials.
00:40With those, solar panels will be able to absorb much more sunlight,
00:44and even when it's overcast.
00:46Augmented and virtual reality will become a thing.
00:49Today, it's a pretty new and raw technology.
00:52But 10 years from now, it will already be something that everybody uses in their everyday lives.
00:58For example, you'll be able to have a virtual tour around a hotel before booking a room in it.
01:04Or how about taking a good look at 3D models of all goods in a store before adding them to
01:09your cart?
01:10Handy!
01:13Speaking of augmentations, people themselves will become enhanced.
01:17Imagine having microchips embedded into your skin instead of a paper or plastic ID.
01:23Having bionic limbs with all the functions real arms and legs possess.
01:27Or having implants that improve the work of internal organs.
01:31You name it!
01:32By 2030, all this and more will become available to the masses.
01:36And from then on, it'll only get cheaper and more popular.
01:41The problem of traffic jams will either be solved altogether or very close to it.
01:46But the growing demand for driverless cars and even flying cars...
01:50Ho-ho, can't wait!
01:51The human factor will decrease dramatically.
01:54And since it's the main reason why traffic congestion even exists,
01:58big cities will finally enjoy relatively free roads
02:01and we'll all be able to get things done on time.
02:04Ha! Can't wait for it!
02:05By the way, gasoline fuel will become a fading memory by 2030.
02:11Electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles will push gas-powered ones further and further out of the market.
02:18Also, solar-powered cars will probably emerge, gradually replacing all the rest.
02:23Just imagine a car that only requires sunlight and some time to charge
02:28before you can go wherever you please.
02:30No more running out of fuel in the middle of nowhere.
02:34The Internet of Things, or IoT, will be omnipresent.
02:39Smart homes, smart offices, whole smart buildings.
02:43Literally everything will be connected with everything else,
02:46separated only by closed internal networks.
02:49Living alone, yet coming home from work to a hot dinner and a clean house,
02:53will become a reality.
02:54Everything will be done automatically,
02:56following just a few flicks of your finger over your smartphone or tablet screen.
03:01The Internet will become truly global.
03:04Today, only 3 billion people in the world have constant access to the Web,
03:09while the other 5 billion have either limited access or none at all.
03:13Several large companies, like Google, Facebook, and SpaceX,
03:17are already working together on a project that will bring the Internet to everyone on the planet
03:22at speeds over 1 megabit per second.
03:25By 2030, it'll surely be implemented.
03:29Artificial intelligence will make a huge leap forward.
03:32In around 10 years' time,
03:33the AI will not only be able to answer simple questions and follow your commands,
03:38but it will also become deeper and more inquisitive itself.
03:42It will probably even be able to talk to you.
03:44Not like Siri does today, but rather like Tony Stark's Jarvis.
03:49In short, it will become everyone's ultimate helper.
03:56Medicine won't stay where it is either.
03:59Even now, more and more advances are made in this crucial field.
04:03And in 10 years, doctors will find solutions to the most important issues we're currently facing.
04:08These include a cure for cancer, and AIDS, diabetes, Alzheimer's,
04:13and many other conditions that have plagued humans for a long time already.
04:17Of course, it's not as easy as it sounds, and it won't be cheap at first.
04:22But the main thing is that the answers will be found, and the rest is a matter of time.
04:27The human genome will most probably be cracked,
04:30and only ethical issues will remain before genetic modifications of people becomes available.
04:36With those, we'll be able to get rid of pretty scary genetic conditions in children,
04:41even before they're born.
04:42Scientists all over the world discuss this possibility, even today.
04:46So, by 2030, the question should have a definite answer.
04:50Plastic will finally become a thing of the past.
04:53The same Thomson Reuters report I told you about earlier
04:56says that biodegradable materials based on cellulose
05:00will replace plastic packaging for all purposes.
05:03No more littering the soil and the oceans.
05:05We'll be making a huge step towards a greener planet.
05:08And the new material will feel like plastic, by the way,
05:12so you won't even notice the difference.
05:15Here's a little bit of sci-fi for you.
05:18Teleportation and time travel won't be a myth any longer.
05:21Scientists have recently discovered that quantum teleportation is possible,
05:26while others made an experiment where particles returned to their previous state,
05:30making it seem like time traveling for them.
05:33The researchers stress that quantum experiments can't prove
05:36that these things can actually be repeated in the material world.
05:40And, of course, we won't be able to go to the past
05:43or teleport around the world in 10 years' time.
05:45But the concept itself will become more real either way.
05:50With genetic modification becoming commonplace,
05:53modified crops will be grown indoors.
05:56Changes to the plant's DNA will make them more resilient and less prone to failure,
06:01while at the same time increasing the yield.
06:04The times when GMOs were up for debate will have long since gone,
06:07and everyone will be able to literally taste the progress.
06:13Robots will take over the most menial jobs on the market,
06:16making humans turn their attention to more intellectual tasks,
06:20and opening new opportunities for avid learners.
06:23Everything that can be done by robots will not require human assistance any longer.
06:27However, in some spheres, these robotic workers won't be completely autonomous.
06:32They'll have to be manipulated by people either directly
06:35or by programming them to do the required stuff.
06:38That will open up new jobs.
06:40So, no need to fear that robots will take away from us
06:43and add to the unemployment rate.
06:46Speaking of learning,
06:47acquiring new skills will be much easier in 10 years than today.
06:51With the development of AR and VR,
06:54which I told you about earlier on,
06:56even the most practical skills will stop needing
06:58your actual presence in the room with your teacher.
07:01Want to learn how to drive a car?
07:03Here's a simulator, right in the comfort of your own home.
07:06Perhaps such a method of learning won't be too widespread yet,
07:09but it will definitely start taking over the minds of people
07:12and get more and more popular with every passing year.
07:17Machine learning will also make large progress.
07:20Things like near-perfect electronic translators,
07:23navigation systems that adapt to your driving style,
07:26and other gadgets and software will make our everyday lives much easier.
07:31We'll be able to communicate with anyone we want,
07:33almost without the language barrier,
07:35and do our routine stuff quickly and without any discomfort.
07:39And it's all thanks to clever machines
07:41that teach themselves off their surroundings
07:43and the decisions taken either by humans around them
07:46or by the machine itself.
07:495G mobile internet connections will be a common thing
07:52in most technologically advanced countries and cities.
07:55With 4G, it takes up to an hour to download a movie from the web,
07:59but 5G takes it to a whole new level,
08:02downloading the same movie in just a few seconds.
08:05The connection speed of this network is simply astounding,
08:08and it allows all kinds of things to be done,
08:10from real-time broadcasting of sports events,
08:13like it was done during the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018,
08:17to long-distance manipulation of robot surgeons by actual doctors.
08:23Blockchain will become the preferred method of transferring money
08:26and valuable assets between people and organizations.
08:29You must have heard about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
08:33Those are based on the blockchain technology.
08:36In short, it allows you to get rid of the middleman
08:38while transferring your money,
08:40making the operation secure and direct.
08:42For example, when you make a transfer from card to card,
08:46your bank plays the role of that middleman.
08:48It tracks all your transactions
08:50and can block your account
08:52if you do something it thinks is suspicious.
08:54With blockchain,
08:56nobody but you knows of your operations,
08:58which makes it pretty awesome.
09:00You know your money is always in your hands,
09:02until you spend it.
09:05And finally,
09:07entertainment will become even more diverse
09:09with the growth and popularity of space tourism.
09:12Right now,
09:13entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Elon Musk
09:16are only beginning to launch their first space tours,
09:18and they'll only be affordable for the wealthiest.
09:21But by 2030,
09:23the cost of it will slowly start to decrease,
09:25as the whole process will become more easily performed.
09:28I'm not saying we'll all be able to go see the stars firsthand.
09:31It'll still be very expensive.
09:33But it will be a beginning.
09:35And who knows?
09:36Maybe in another decade,
09:37we'll be riding rockets into orbit
09:39like we fly in airplanes today.
09:44Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke
09:46wrote 2001 A Space Odyssey in 1968
09:50about a future human crewed mission to Jupiter
09:53in the year 2001.
09:54Boy, was he ever wrong.
09:56We haven't even sent people back to the moon yet.
09:59The point is,
10:00predicting the future
10:01is notoriously difficult to accomplish.
10:04However,
10:05some things in the future
10:06are not so difficult to predict.
10:08For example,
10:09with the successful deployment
10:10of the James Webb Space Telescope,
10:12we can safely predict
10:14that many, many exoplanets
10:16will be seen for the first time.
10:18These exoplanets will be seen
10:19in the infrared light they give off,
10:22not in visible light.
10:23Their exoplanetary atmospheres
10:26will be identified
10:26according to the gases they contain.
10:29Signatures of life,
10:30like ozone, methane, oxygen,
10:33and carbon dioxide
10:34will be able to be detected
10:35if life is present.
10:38Civilizations living
10:39on any of these exoplanets
10:40will be able to be detected
10:42by the heat patterns
10:43of their cities.
10:44Again,
10:44if there are cities.
10:47There are many discoveries
10:48and inventions
10:49in laboratories
10:50and research think tanks
10:52at the present time
10:53that we will become aware of
10:54within the next 10 years.
10:56All this is not only very exciting,
10:58but also life-changing
11:00on a social
11:01and a personal level.
11:02Just like when computers
11:04and cell phones
11:05were rushed into production
11:06and worldwide distribution
11:07within two decades,
11:09which totally changed
11:10the way we manage
11:11our daily lives,
11:12there are things coming now
11:13that will make our present lives
11:15seem old-fashioned.
11:18Brightside's first prediction,
11:20one world language.
11:22All the peoples of the world
11:23will be able to speak
11:24to each other
11:25and understand each other
11:27instantly by means
11:28of wearable
11:29and or implanted
11:30universal translator devices.
11:33Instant electronic
11:34communication systems
11:35began altering society
11:37with the advent
11:38of the telegraph
11:39and telephone
11:39in the 19th century.
11:41But personal communication
11:42between different peoples
11:44and cultures
11:44has remained stunted
11:46due to the differences
11:47in spoken language.
11:48That barrier
11:49is going to be confined
11:50to the dustbin of history
11:52within the next 10 years.
11:54One world language devices
11:55are going to be
11:56a real eye-opener
11:57and ear-opener.
11:59Artificial intelligence
12:00is the technology
12:01that will enable
12:02the one world language
12:03to emerge.
12:04Many more benefits
12:05of AI can be expected, too.
12:08AI will enable society
12:10to do away with cash
12:12as a medium
12:12of economic exchange.
12:14It is possible
12:15that this will happen
12:16within the 10-year horizon
12:17we are forecasting.
12:19The difficulties
12:20society is currently experiencing
12:22with different
12:22monetary systems
12:23are not acceptable
12:24in a world
12:25that is not homogenizing,
12:27but harmonizing.
12:28Each person
12:29will be plugged into
12:30a worldwide economic system
12:32optimally designed
12:33by AI.
12:35AI will begin
12:36to determine
12:37national decision-making
12:38within an international
12:39framework of cooperation,
12:41coordination,
12:42arbitration,
12:43and remediation.
12:45War will become
12:46a thing of the past,
12:47obsolete,
12:48counterproductive
12:49to human development,
12:50and economic coordination.
12:52This can happen
12:53within 10 years.
12:54You may be beginning
12:56to doubt these predictions.
12:57Just hold your doubts
12:59for now.
13:00When astronauts
13:01first went to the moon
13:02and looked back
13:03and saw our beautiful
13:04Earth in space,
13:05humanity transformed itself.
13:08All the unifying
13:09developments
13:09we have seen since then
13:11can be related to
13:12and derived from
13:13that vision
13:14of ourselves in space.
13:16And speaking of space,
13:18there are two developments
13:19in telescope technologies
13:21that have a good
13:22outside chance
13:23of coming into play
13:24within the next decade.
13:25Liquid telescopes
13:27and ionized gas telescopes
13:29are entirely possible.
13:31Liquids in zero gravity
13:32form themselves
13:33into a reflective surface.
13:35No polishing
13:36or adaptive optics
13:37are necessary.
13:38A huge reflective surface
13:40can be created in orbit,
13:42so big
13:42that we could probably
13:44see the smiles
13:44on the faces
13:45of the exoplanet inhabitants,
13:47if they exist,
13:48and a million other things
13:50too small to see
13:51with the James Webb
13:52Space Telescope.
13:53Don't laugh.
13:54NASA has already
13:55bought into this
13:56liquid telescope idea
13:57and is testing it
13:58in space right now.
14:02Ionized gas
14:02is also perfectly reflective.
14:05Before we talk about
14:06a crater on the moon,
14:07let's remember
14:08we have an astronaut mission
14:10to the moon
14:10already planned
14:11called the Artemis mission,
14:13and it's almost ready to go.
14:15Soon you will see
14:16astronauts on the moon,
14:17and they'll be wearing
14:18brand new
14:19good-looking spacesuits.
14:20Back to what I was saying,
14:22a crater on the moon
14:23a mile wide
14:24could be flooded
14:25with ionized gas
14:26and electrified
14:27with generators
14:28to create a giant
14:30ionized gas
14:31telescopic mirror.
14:32Who knows
14:33what we would see
14:34with an ionized gas
14:35mirror on the moon?
14:37License plates
14:38on vehicles
14:38on exoplanets?
14:39If they have them.
14:42Okay,
14:43wait a second.
14:43I might be getting
14:44carried away a little bit.
14:46We want to know
14:47what we'll see
14:47in the next ten years.
14:48I can see now
14:50why Arthur C. Clarke
14:51went so off the mark.
14:53Down here on the ground,
14:55we could see
14:56aurochs,
14:57dodo birds,
14:57and mastodons again
14:59within ten years.
15:00We have already
15:01recovered the complete
15:02DNA of these
15:03extinct creatures,
15:04and with the science
15:06of gene splicing
15:07apparently picking up
15:08momentum,
15:09these species of animals,
15:10and probably
15:11some others too,
15:12should be able
15:13to be bred
15:14back into existence
15:15within ten years
15:16or less.
15:17Each of these
15:17animal species
15:18was hunted
15:19by humans
15:19into extinction,
15:21so it would be
15:22a good act
15:22of atonement
15:23to bring them back.
15:24Not so sure
15:25about T. rexes,
15:26though.
15:27Concrete
15:28could be replaced
15:29within ten years.
15:30It should be
15:31replaced ASAP
15:32because it's
15:33not green.
15:34As concrete dries,
15:36it gives off
15:37carbon dioxide,
15:38a greenhouse gas.
15:39The use of concrete
15:40in modern society
15:41accounts for
15:42eight percent
15:43of all carbon dioxide
15:44emissions worldwide.
15:46Not only that,
15:47modern concrete
15:48loses its structural
15:49integrity after
15:50about 80 years
15:51and begins to crumble.
15:53We should learn
15:54from the ancient Romans.
15:55Roman concrete
15:56gets stronger
15:57with the passage
15:58of time.
15:59Professor Joseph
16:00Davidovits,
16:01the father of
16:02geopolymer science,
16:03has shown that
16:04ancient concrete
16:05did not dry
16:06in the sense
16:07that we know.
16:08It anneals.
16:09That means
16:10it dries
16:11without shrinking
16:12or giving off
16:13carbon dioxide.
16:14Currently,
16:15the formula
16:15for this
16:16ancient concrete
16:17remains lost,
16:18but geopolymer
16:19science is working
16:20hard to bring it
16:21back.
16:22You should start
16:22to see concrete
16:23going out
16:24and geopolymer
16:25building materials
16:26coming in
16:27within the next
16:28ten years.
16:29That's a different
16:29look.
16:30Our clothing
16:32will change
16:32big time.
16:33Manufacturing
16:34techniques for
16:35nano-fiber cloth
16:36are continuing
16:37to be perfected.
16:38What was only
16:39possible to make
16:40in small swatches
16:41of cloth
16:41a few years ago
16:42is rapidly
16:43turning into
16:44a technique
16:44for mass
16:45production.
16:45Soon,
16:46we will have
16:47seamless garments
16:48in very soft
16:49and very strong
16:50nano-cloth.
16:51Not only that,
16:52but nano-fiber
16:53production is
16:54meshing with
16:55micro-electronics
16:55in truly
16:56revolutionary ways.
16:57Our clothing
16:58can become
16:59able to
17:00feel
17:00in such a way
17:01that our clothing
17:02becomes part
17:03of our bodies.
17:04Within ten years,
17:05you should see
17:06this type of clothing
17:07showing up
17:08on fashion runways.
17:09We should also
17:11see big changes
17:12in transportation.
17:13Supersonic
17:14passenger jets
17:15promise to be
17:15commonplace
17:16within ten years.
17:17For over 25 years,
17:19from the 1970s
17:20until the new millennium,
17:21we had the Concorde,
17:23a French airplane
17:24that could travel
17:25at over twice
17:26the speed of sound,
17:27Mach 2.02
17:28to be precise.
17:29It was discontinued
17:30for safety reasons
17:31in 2003.
17:33Everything looks
17:34promising now
17:35for the return
17:35of supersonic
17:36passenger flight.
17:38United Airlines
17:39has placed an order
17:40for thirteen
17:40supersonic jets
17:41to begin
17:42international passenger
17:43flights within
17:44the next seven years.
17:46Automobile traffic
17:47is already changing.
17:49Electric cars,
17:50self-driving cars,
17:51and hybrid models
17:52are already
17:53on the streets.
17:54More changes
17:55are yet to come
17:56as gasoline
17:57continues to
17:58not be the fuel
17:59of choice.
18:00Hydrogen-powered vehicles
18:01are being developed
18:02experimentally
18:03at the present time.
18:04Will a safe
18:05new power source
18:06for cars,
18:07trucks,
18:07ships,
18:08trains,
18:08and planes
18:09find its way
18:10to the marketplace
18:10within ten years?
18:12It's not the speed
18:13of technological
18:13development alone
18:14that is the
18:15determining factor.
18:17People's preferences
18:18are also a great
18:19driving force.
18:20Is that a pun?
18:21Yes,
18:22what we are seeing
18:23is a shift in consciousness
18:24among populations
18:25of people.
18:26The people want
18:27a future that is better,
18:28and they want it
18:29as soon as possible.
18:31This shift
18:31in public expectations
18:32is what is really
18:34driving invention,
18:35innovation,
18:35and changes
18:36in the market
18:37for transportation,
18:38and just about
18:39everything else.
18:41Our food is changing
18:43too.
18:43It has to.
18:45Land development,
18:46called urban spread,
18:47is stealing land
18:49that had been used
18:50for food production.
18:51Therefore,
18:52we are seeing changes
18:53in our farming.
18:54Vertical farming,
18:55as urban farms
18:56are called,
18:57is going through the roof,
18:59literally.
18:59The science behind
19:01vertical farming
19:02is called hydroponics,
19:04growing food in liquid
19:05rather than soil.
19:07Agriculture schools
19:08across the globe
19:09are immersed
19:10in hydroponics,
19:11figuring out
19:12how to increase nutrition,
19:14reduce the cost
19:14of food production,
19:15and increase its appeal
19:17to our palates.
19:19Our oceans are overfished
19:21by developed countries.
19:23Fish farming
19:24is becoming essential.
19:25Recently,
19:26Friends of the Earth
19:27issued an aquaculture
19:29report that strongly
19:30criticized some
19:31current fish farming
19:32practices while making
19:34a series of great
19:35recommendations for
19:36the improvement
19:36of fish farming.
19:38Things look good
19:39for industrial-level
19:40fish farming,
19:41both in containment
19:42tanks in the ocean
19:43and on land.
19:44The good news is
19:45that the fish
19:46are cooperating
19:47admirably by staying
19:48healthy and reproducing
19:50splendidly.
19:51It just may be
19:52that they do better
19:53when they don't have
19:54predators stalking them
19:55all the time.
19:56So, hold on to your
19:58hats, bright-siders.
19:59The future is coming
20:00after all.
20:01It looks good from here.
20:03Lots of career openings
20:04in new fields,
20:05innovations coming
20:06into the marketplace,
20:07and new products
20:08that will create
20:09new lifestyles.
20:10But I haven't got a clue
20:12as to what kind of
20:12hairstyles we'll see
20:13in 10 years.
20:14That's gonna be
20:15totally up to you.
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