A refreshing piece of #foresight put together by @wired asking 15 top thinkers to answer a question: What will be the biggest technological or scientific breakthrough in our lifetime? https://t.co/4yb0KI2lFk

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) March 30, 2019

A cure for ageing: CRISPR and advances in tissue engineering and stem cells will help us fight against diseases of ageing. People’s lifespans and the length of time we remain physically and mentally sharp will increase #InOurLifetime thinks @LindaGeddes

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) March 30, 2019

Even more interestingly, she thinks suicide and euthanasia may become socially acceptable. Bold @LindaGeddes I hope she is right.

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) March 30, 2019

Humans on Mars #InOurLifetime @j_dunkley thinks we'll see people landing on another planet in our solar system. Ambitious companies will team up with national space agencies to undertake this "mammoth feat of engineering and human endeavour." --Plausible. I bet on it.

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) March 31, 2019

The end of mass commercial air travel #InOurLifetime @dannydorling thinks people will eventually learn that taking a flight on a carbon-guzzling 747 does not often make them much happier. --Only reasonable. I've been looking forward to it for... um years🤔

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) March 31, 2019

Shadow biosphere: Paul Davis thinks that just as there exists a dark web, there may be a shadow biosphere, or infosphere, stemming from a second origin of life. Its discovery #InOurLifetime would reveal that life gets going easily. Intriguing. Most provocative idea in the post.

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 2, 2019

The Internet of Everything @Sander_vdLinden :The ability to intelligently mine and combine billions of data points will enable new scientific breakthroughs, but also raises important questions about the future of privacy and the nature of humanity. It is happening #InOurLifetime

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 3, 2019

Better neural futures. @ginarippon1 thinks we'll become better at harnessing the brain’s full potential, at preventing/repairing damage, disease or degeneration; we'll better understand disordered brains, match better body and brain health #InOurLifetime Let's hope so.

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 3, 2019

100 per cent renewable power. @MikeBernersLee thinks the total clean energy transition will be the biggest breakthrough #InOurLifetime simply because it will enable us to deal with climate change and ocean acidification and to breath clean air. Too optimistic?

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 5, 2019

The automation of deliberation: @jamiesusskind thinks AI systems will argue with us using natural language and the finest rhetorical techniques #InOurLIfetime It'll bring changes in the way we organize our collective life. The digital is political. Nice challenge.

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 5, 2019

Human relationships. @HilaryCottam thinks we'll harness the possibilities of this 21st century industrial revolution –digital, AI, hyper-mobility– to enhance a new operating system that prioritises deep human connection #InOurLIfetime. Too optimistic?

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 5, 2019

Transparency of ownership, by @OliverBullough A shift towards transparency, which will illuminate an empire of dark money. Once we know what our rulers own, we will mobilise to take it away from them. Either that, or civilisation as we know it will end #InOurLifetime. Marxim2.0

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 5, 2019

Optogenetics. @HanCritchlow #InOurLIfetime A technique developed in the last decade will increase our understanding of how the brain works and what happens when it goes wrong, and will allow us to develop AI by emulating our consciousness. Wow. It gives me new food for thought

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 6, 2019

Evidence-based policy making @Bill_Sutherland #InOurLIfetime Collating and analysing all the evidence to inform decision making + Using randomised experiments to test policies; again and again obviously sensible ideas crumble under testing. Pure reason. Will we be able to do it?

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 6, 2019

Scientifically-driven longevity. @ProfSarahHarper thinks stem cell therapy, nano-technology, 3D printed hearts, genetic manipulation, even the calorie-restricted diet will enable some of us to live well beyond a century #InOurLifetime I hope it will be worth it.

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 6, 2019

Neurotechnology @tylershores #InOurLIfetime Elon Musk’s “Neuralink” project seems the beginning: surpassing the limits of what the human brain may be capable of and fundamentally changing what it means to be human. Cyborg future. I've written about it (https://t.co/pZ4EBDsEly)

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 7, 2019

The Great Automatic Grammatizator. AI hasn’t cracked long-term narrative structure yet. @MarcusduSautoy thinks #InOurLifetime we will see an algorithm introduced at @hayfestival as the author of a best-selling novel. Hahaha! As long as my copyright is protected, let's go for it!

— Paco Jariego (Blue Check Outcast) 🇺🇦 آزادی (@fjjariego) April 7, 2019