Lithium iron phosphate batteries will begin to be mass-produced outside of China with the expiration of the last major patent. The United States government wil

Lithium iron phosphate batteries will begin to be mass-produced outside of China with the expiration of the last major patent. The United States government will continue to not do much about climate change. Starship will carry a payload into space and both stages will be recovered. James Webb will produce some amazing images of things we've never seen before. Fusion power will make slow, steady progress. There will be at least one major exploitable security vulnerability that will adversely affect the day-to-day lives of a lot of people. Wealth inequality will get worse. Confidence in democracy will go down. Authoritarianism will continue to be increasingly popular around the world. Unusually large numbers of people will continue to quit their jobs. People who can will retire early. Housing will continue to be really expensive. Homelessness won't get any less prevalent. The summer will be really hot, with unusually serious droughts and wildfires.