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2035
Trillionaire is the new millionaire.
Quintillionaire, the new billionaire.
Meanwhile, everybody else is an UBI-bitch.

People are quick to judge EV's by their current limitations, not by their near-future possibilities. By 2026, we'll have a wave of next-gen battery tech hitting consumer markets at scale and it could transform the automotive industry. https://electrek.co/2024/04/08/byd-launch-next-gen-ev-battery-more-range-lower-price/

Chinese EVs are going to play a big role in motoring in the near-future

Whilst fictional, this book presents the most plausible account I’ve read of possible events leading to a war between the USA & China. The role of India as peacemaker and ultimate beneficiary seems particularly prescient:

2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and James G. Stavridis

A thread of some of my favourite Futurist quotes:

"“We have no future because our present is too volatile. We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moment's scenarios. Pattern recognition.” ― William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (which I really liked, even it if lacked a resolution)

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is the future internet going to be less or more private than society today?

maybe a measure of this is "fraction of the world's thoughts that are private/semi-private (groupchat, family dinner, etc.) vs. public (fc/x)" in the future

When did we get a Futurist channel? I've been a Futurist keynote speaker since 2011. Excited to follow the channel and meet otheres here interested in futurism!

Two more canonical Futurist texts, frequently cited in crypto, include:

Howe, N., and Strauss, W. (1992). 'Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069'.

Howe, N., and Strauss, W. (2019). 'The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny'.

Crypto/web3. Author of Read Write Own

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* core protocol consigliere @ Ethereum Foundation
* funding core devs with @protocolguild (member)
* creating artifacts @ Stateful Works

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Crypto commentators with a futurist bent:

@balajis.eth
@olaf
@avsa
@cdixon.eth
@ricburton
@trustlessstate
@0xstark
@trent

Please add names I have missed

Another title I somehow neglected to mention:

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the transition to the information age - James Dale Davidson and Lord Reeg-Mogg

This is one the most commonly cited texts and a personal favourite for Futurists in crypto like myself

Staring this channel with a selection of books commonly appearing in people's recommended reading lists on this topic:

Sapiens & Homo Deus - Noah Yuval Harari
Generations - William Strauss
The Singularity Is Near & The Singularity is Nearer - Ray Kurtzweil