2100 Bingo: A Look Ahead

What we thought would be in the near future can sometimes occur farther ahead. Flying cars, for instance, might be common in the 22nd Century instead of the assumption that they would be here by the early 21st Century. Will we get the full bingo? Given some of these predictions, let’s hope not!

1. 1. WILD CARD: World War III Starts Over… Greenland?: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74x4m71pmjo, https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-look-back-at-the-war-that-is-about-to-begin-40bf0c5e
   2. Flying Cars… Finally!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBp96YGStIQ, https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ces-2026-automotive-predictions-flying-cars-ai-and-more/, https://english.news.cn/20251013/45ab31f36a434cf89305351405e7ce29/c.html
   3. Prediction, global warming: https://unfccc.int/cop3/fccc/climate/fact02.htm
   4. Global warming information: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_SPM.pdf, https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/world-of-change/global-temperatures/
   5. Technological Warfare… for the Rich: https://www.businessinsider.com/geoffrey-hinton-ai-autonomous-weapons-war-robots-drones-military-effect-2025-8
   6. Predictions, AIDS Cure and human cloning: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/1999/10/24/predictions-for-the-future/
   7. HIV information: https://www.who.int/teams/global-hiv-hepatitis-and-stis-programmes/hiv/strategic-information/hiv-data-and-statistics, https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/history/hiv-and-aids-timeline#year-2024
   8. Cloning information: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/15/human-embryonic-stem-cells-adult-tissue
   9. Human Population Reaches 10.2 Billion: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/09/5-facts-about-how-the-worlds-population-is-expected-to-change-by-2100/
   10. Prediction, telepathy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/12/99/back_to_the_future/kevin_warwick.stm
   11. Mass Extinction Event: https://news.mit.edu/2017/mathematics-predicts-sixth-mass-extinction-0920
   12. Startups referenced: https://neuralink.com/, https://www.omi.me/, https://www.alterego.io/, https://condu.it/