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What is the next "big thing"? (kbin.social)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Right now it seems like its "A.I.". Still big now are the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Recently we had COVID 19.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We are not. Not yet, anyway; energy growth has been exponential historically, so it might "only" be a century.

Even if we had limitless energy, though, Earth can only radiate so much heat. I've seen it calculated as 400 years of growth max, generously. Before then we have to just stop growing, or leave Earth. All that to say fusion is probably the last energy tech we'll ever need.