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 futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends.
Fast forecasts for 2038
Fast Forecast
- 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:
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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
