/sci/ - Science & Math

2015 - Russia gets stronger, starts pushing it's power around. A republican president has been voted in in the United States. Rising deficit levels in the US have stalled the economy and shit has started hitting the fan.

2020 - Mass riots in Europe in countries near bankruptcy accept hard cuts in pension, social security and rise of retirement age anger many. The increasing (fundamentalist) Muslim presence sets off a series of catastrophes caused be both sides. The US is in dire financial straits. China is rising as a superpower but now political instability between the exterior and more-impoverished interior threaten to tear the country apart again. Self-driving cars, trucks, buses and even planes are coming out onto the market.

2025 - Turkey and Brazil start to show their increasing power. Russia is now pushing to retake some of the former Soviet states. Belarus + Ukraine have already been absorbed. The United States is now considered by many, including it's own citizens of becoming an oppressive shithole. Self-driving vehicles have become more affordable and started displacing many former truck, cab, bus drivers and even pilots, causing a rise in unemployment around the developed world. A rise in alternative automated jobs also threatens many service sector jobs.

2030 - Because of the ever-decreasing price and increasing complexity of AI, they are now a common occurrence within shops stacking boxes or being cashiers and janitors. The EU goes through a massive cultural upheaval: either the (fundamentalist) Muslims concede and integrate, or a similar situation to the Inquisition will happen. Unemployment rises. Some formerly strong economies collapse. China fragments. However the advent of (primitive) medical nanobots now cure a plethora of diseases and even cancers. A primitive form of the molecular assembler is demoed. Japan begins designing their space elevator, for real.

Should I go on?