interesting you've had no takers on your question 'what's ahead of us?'
my brief answer (assuming no catastrophe to set us back in the technological race) -- my answer would be -------
A lot.
There's probably a lot more unforeseeable than foreseeable - but, there's loads of thoughts that are to do with what the 'meaning' of easily foreseeable technologies will bring
eg - when we finally get 'real' personal robots - whenever it is - one can think of some changes in life that will make - ie. the meaning of it -
it will mean robotic partners - that's a given -- what's not foreseeable is how many in comparison to 'human' partners ------------ personally - I have always thought that robotic partners will vastly outnumber real human partners - I cannot see how it won't.
It would - even if there's no other changes, mean - that people wouldn't have to work unless they wanted to ---------------------- if (and, conditions will be different - so, I don't believe this is what will occur) --- but, IF everything else stayed the way it was atm - and, we had personal robot assistants/partners -
then, we could stay home - and send the robot to the office - or factory.
these things WILL happen - just how much and when?
Autodrive cars - they ARE here - it's when, that's up for grabs and how society reacts to them - ie. -- will people give up owning cars and just whistle one up on demand? - no risk from dodgy cab drivers - no fares where they go the wrong way - no risk of rape or assault ----- that's a game changer.
Robotic medicine - little drones inside blood vessels and the gut -------- doing all sorts of things - operating, drug delivery to the exact spot - all sorts of tricks.
Communication -------- look no further than Elon Musk's Nuralink - now, that's a human being game changer right there.
My guess is - eternal life in the not too distant future - or the equivalent of - Nuralink alone might make that as good as practically real - as long as the data can be captured as it is transferred -------
