What do I think the future holds? More of the same. Local minima and maxima recogized as such after-the-fact. Surprises. Pleasurable and Painful. We just don't

What do I think the future holds? More of the same. Local minima and maxima recogized as such after-the-fact. Surprises. Pleasurable and Painful. We just don't know what we don't know. Survival of our species, but less diversity in the remaining flora & fauna, at least for a time. Better or at least more sophisticated interventions in various systems by the ruling elites, aided by increased data collection, improved processing of it, simulation, ML, all that. Continued emphasis on threat-detection (survival value!). Continued under-appreciation of the miracle of it all.