What significant changes in modern life will occur by the year 2030?

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Major armed conflict between world powers breaks out (World War 3)

20%

Encountering a humanoid robot in public and not being surprised

19%

People spending large amounts of time in VR hardware

12%

Revolutionary breakthrough in fusion energy

11%

Any government in the world (local, regional, national) is run by an AI system

Global digital currency replaces traditional banking systems

Space tourism/travel becomes commercially viable for middle class

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Update 2025-28-01 (PST): - Threshold for VR usage: 100 million hours per week in the US (AI summary of creator comment)

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How do you define a breakthrough in fusion energy? What has to happen exactly?

@SimoneRomeo, first I'm a complete momo on this topic, so please bear with me as I muddle through this.

We've had a number of "breakthroughs" in fusion reaction duration times and output, but we've not seen plans to build a production/commercial fusion plant yet or the start of construction on one.

I've asked Claude, and this its suggestion

"Beginning physical construction of a fusion power plant that has secured:

Full regulatory approval for construction
At least $1B in committed funding
A signed power purchase agreement with a utility company"

What do you think?

@rohanvisme this option is unfortunately rather vague, how many people, and how much time?

@TheAllMemeingEye I looked up how much time people in the US are spending on video games, and I got this: 190.6 million hours each week (which is kind of shocking to me tbh).

If we set the metric as 100 million hours each week (approximately half of total gaming time as of now), would that seem reasonable?

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