culture predictions for 2042 | Future timeline
Read cultural predictions for 2042, 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 2042
- Voice-controlled, 3D food printers are now a commonplace kitchen appliance that offers owners an endless food menu of restaurant-like meal experiences at the home. This appliance will reduce cooking time and (potentially) restaurant visits. (Likelihood 60%)1
- Phone numbers become extinct, replaced by various text and voice messaging services. 1
Prediction
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2042 include:
- List of future legal precedents tomorrow's courts will judge: Future of law P5
- 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
- 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