My two cents:

There is going to be resource wars all over the globe plus lots of death because so many people in the world are easily manipulated to do horrible things via algorithm driven propaganda on social media. If we don’t stop social media from destroying human culture, then nothing will ever get done to fix the environment because we will be too divided.

Most of the world is in the middle of a baby bust. That generation will be middle aged in 30 years.

I think it's still or yet to be dawning on people that the past few decades have been time of social and economic boom. During these times, people think the party will never stop.

In other news, we're also in the middle of a space race. 30 years is well beyond the timelines for establishing permanent presence on the moon. People also don't seem to have noticed that the space industry is rapidly commercializing.

The tech industry has stagnated. It's a few ad tech companies that have achieved total surveillance capitalism and total capture of the tech industry to do their bidding. Namely to build glorified sensors and billboards which trap us in a feedback loop of spying and commercial consumption. Maybe the new space race will spur another technological revolution.

I think the difference between 2026 and 2056 will be about the same as the difference between 1996 and 2026.

We are very much going in the wrong direction, and I don't see a pathway towards improvement for the average person. Civilization has already peaked.

Aside from medical progress, most technological advancements simply serve to extract wealth or consolidate/entrench power and are not to the benefit of the average person.

Ever seen Cloud Atlas?

I'm a kilionaire. Just a few more years and I'll make millionaire, and then, oh boy, then, then I'm on my way!

Three sea shells? They seem difficult to understand...