/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9745816
Probably none of those within our lifetime. *Maybe* virtual reality indistinguishable from real life, on the individual level (unlike >>9745825 says, it's not that hard to fool one person all of the time), but that's not nearly as disruptive as virtual reality that's *better* than real life, and that's apt to come first - especially if this transcranial stimulation thing catches on, and gets refined enough to target pleasure centers.

Will see hints of all of them though - hell, have plenty of hints now. Good thing is most of them won't happen all at once, so we'll have some opportunity to adapt.

As for exact consequences - there's so many it's hard to speculate - though I think Altered Carbon briefly covers all of these, if you want a quick sci-fi world with all the above combined. Granted, with a very negative outlook, but I don't think we'll ever see a positive sci-fi like ST:TNG again.