I bet theoretical physics will play a crucial role in cultural shifts over the next century. You can find a strong parallel between the emerging "metamodernism

I bet theoretical physics will play a crucial role in cultural shifts over the next century. You can find a strong parallel between the emerging "metamodernism" era and Hawking's "model-dependent realism": the acceptance of contradicting realities. We potentially face a future cultural enlightenment in which theoretical physics plays both a philosophical and expository role­— a future which acknowledges the importance of the observer in the "actual" nature of reality.