Future Timeline | 23rd Century (2200-2299)

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All information retrieved from Future Timeline - http://futuretimeline.com/ Intro: The 23rd century The entire Solar System and surrounding interstellar neighbourhood is being transformed by an ever-expanding sphere of influence produced by massive levels of artificial intelligence. It completely dominates the Earth now, with every aspect of world affairs controlled by super-intelligent entities, formed of billions of inorganic minds working in unison. These "Artilects" operate at speeds and scales that would be incomprehensible to observers from earlier centuries. Global issues that persisted for years or decades in the past can now be resolved on timescales measured in hours, minutes or even less. The medium which used to be known as the Internet has evolved into something quite profound: for many people, it has replaced their physical reality entirely. Reverse engineering of the brain, combined with advanced nanotechnology, allows human minds to be fully detached and immersed within digital environments. These virtual worlds, able to exist at speeds vastly greater than real-time, offer a kind of immortality now. The awesome resources available online mean that war, conflict, poverty and disease are being consigned to history. The knowledge and education that is free to everyone has fostered a culture of trust and cooperation, while technological breakthroughs have made traditional employment obsolete – leaving citizens free to enjoy their own personal, creative and other leisure pursuits, without needing to work. Venus and Mars both have terraforming programmes underway now; the latter is home to many large cities. The Moon, too, has millions of permanent inhabitants. The gas giants and their moons are dotted with scientific stations. The Kuiper Belt is now fully probed and catalogued, as is the Oort Cloud, with mining operations harvesting an untold quantity of resources. Beyond the Oort Cloud, a huge network of telescopes is being deployed. Meanwhile, new forms of propulsion have allowed the first manned exploration of neighboring stars, with Alpha Centauri and other systems gaining permanent settlers. References: Worldwide decline in physical activity, Future Timeline Blog: http://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2012/06/16-2.htm Spending on food at home, cars, clothing, household furnishings and housing and utilities, as a share of disposable functional income, 1950-2012, US Bureau of Economic Analysis: http://www.futuretimeline.net/23rdcentury/images/spending.jpg The Neutral Zone, Star Trek TNG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqW0YaN2ho Pluto, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto Internal structure of Pluto, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internal_Structure_of_Pluto.jpg This Easter, Smaller Percentage of Americans Are Christian - Americans more likely now than in previous decades to say they have no religious identity, Gallup: http://www.gallup.com/poll/117409/easter-smaller-percentage-americans-christian.aspx 1 Kardashev scale, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale. Solar energy, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy#Energy_from_the_Sun The Singularity is Near, by Ray Kurzweil (2005) Eris (dwarf planet), Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_%28dwarf_planet%29 This concept was featured in Blue Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson. http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mars-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/dp/B000P18YV6/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s;=books&qid;=1271618084&sr;=1-7 The Jovian system could pose significant problems for biological humans, due to its extreme radiation and gravity well. It would deliver about 3,600 rems per day to unshielded colonists at Io, and about 540 rems per day to unshielded colonists at Europa. Exposure of approximately 75 rems over a few days is enough to cause radiation poisoning, while 500 rems over a few days is usually fatal. 8 Colonization of the outer Solar System, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_the_outer_Solar_System#Enceladus 9 Top 10 List of Habitable Stars to Guide Search, Space.com: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060221_habstars.html 10 Stellar classification, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_classification#Class_G Image Credits: Bacteria Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EghIe1k14S8 Many images are from http://dreamstime.com/ Pluto - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto Kardashev Scale - https://Machinetics.com/ Christianity Image - http://religion.findthedata.com/ All images were found in public domain through internet search. If there is any copywrite infringement, please put the image name and image link in the comments section Music: In-video: neilcross - Looking through Broken Glass Outro: Draper - Electricity Contribute: Subtitles for different languages: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v;=sMLOnk3c96M