culture predictions for 2040 | Future timeline
Read cultural predictions for 2040, a year that will see cultural changes and events transform the world as we know it—we explore many of these changes below.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
culture forecasts for 2040
- Memory implants could be used to speed-up time for prisoners, allowing them to serve maximum sentences in a day. 1
- Islam makes up over 25 percent of the European population. 1
- Memory implants could be used to speed-up time for prisoners, allowing them to serve maximum sentences in a day 1
- Largest age cohort for the Indian population is 25-291
- Largest age cohort for the Chinese population is 50-541
Forecast
In 2040, a number of culture breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
- 35% of the 'meat' consumed by Canadians is now cultured in industrial labs. Likelihood: 70% 1
- 25% of the 'meat' consumed by Canadians is now composed of plant-based vegan alternatives. Likelihood: 70% 1
- Memory implants could be used to speed-up time for prisoners, allowing them to serve maximum sentences in a day 1
- World population forecasted to reach 9,157,233,000 1
- Largest age cohort for the Brazilian population is 35-44 1
- Largest age cohort for the Mexican population is 40-44 1
- Largest age cohort for the Middle East population is 30-39 1
- Largest age cohort for the African population is 0-4 1
- Largest age cohort for the European population is 50-54 1
- Largest age cohort for the Indian population is 25-29 1
- Largest age cohort for the Chinese population is 50-54 1
- Largest age cohort for the United States population is 15-24 and 45-49 1
Prediction
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2040 include:
- List of sci-fi crimes that will become possible by 2040: Future of crime P6
- List of future legal precedents tomorrow's courts will judge: Future of law P5
- Automated judging of criminals: Future of law P3
- Mind-reading devices to end wrongful convictions: Future of law P2
- Future of death: Future of human population P7
- Future of growing old: Future of Human Population P5
- How Millennials will change the world: Future of Human Population P2
- Universal Basic Income cures mass unemployment
- The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
- Carbon tax set to replace the national sales tax
- Governments and the global new deal: End of the Climate Wars P12
- United States vs. Mexico: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Southeast Asia; Collapse of the tigers: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- South America; Continent of revolution: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Russia, the empire strikes back: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Middle East; Collapse and radicalization of the Arab world: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- India and Pakistan; famine and fiefdoms: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Europe; Rise of the brutal regimes: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Canada and Australia, fortresses of ice and fire: Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Africa; Continent of famine and war: Geopolitics of Climate Change
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