Predictions for 2038 | Future timeline
Read 12 predictions for 2038, a year that will see the world transform in big and small ways; this includes disruptions throughout our culture, technology, science, health and business sectors. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A trend intelligence consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends in foresight. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
Fast forecasts for 2038
- Year 2038 problem, similar to the Year 2000 problem, may occur on January 19 of this year. 1
- Teleportation of complex organic molecules. 1
- Genomes of all discovered reptilian species sequenced. 1
- Deafness, at any stage, is cured. 1
- NASA sends an autonomous submarine to explore Titan's oceans. 1
- Genomes of all discovered reptilian species sequenced 1
- Deafness, at any stage, is cured 1
- NASA sends an autonomous submarine to explore Titan's oceans. 1
- Genomes of all discovered reptilian species sequenced 1
- Deafness, at any stage, is cured 1
- World population forecasted to reach 9,032,348,000 1
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 18,446,667 1
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 546 exabytes 1
- Global Internet traffic grows to 1,412 exabytes 1
Country forecasts for 2038
Read forecasts about 2038 specific to a range of countries, including:
Technology forecasts for 2038
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2038 include:
Culture forecasts for 2038
Culture related predictions due to make an impact in 2038 include:
- Universal Basic Income cures mass unemployment
- The last job creating industries: Future of Work P4
- Automated judging of criminals: Future of law P3
- How Millennials will change the world: Future of Human Population P2
- List of sci-fi crimes that will become possible by 2040: Future of crime P6
Science forecasts for 2038
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2038 include:
- The job-eating, economy-boosting, social impact of driverless vehicles: Future of Transportation P5
- Your future diet in bugs, in-vitro meat, and synthetic foods: Future of food P5
- The end of meat in 2035: Future of Food P2
- China, rise of a new global hegemon: Geopolitics of Climate Change
Health forecasts for 2038
Related health articles for 2038:
- Living to 1000 years old to become a reality
- Do humans really have to age?
- Genetically modified babies will soon replace traditional humans
- Creating a generation of bioengineered humans
- Merging humans with AI to create superior cyberbrains
