2045
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| Millennium: | 3rd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century |
| Decades: | 2010s 2020s 2030s – 2040s – 2050s 2060s 2070s |
| Years: | 2042 2043 2044 – 2045 – 2046 2047 2048 |
Predicted and scheduled events
- August 12 – A solar eclipse will occur from northern California to Florida.
- October 24 – 100th anniversary of the United Nations
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- Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts a technological singularity for 2045, i.e. a runaway cycle of self-improvement by intelligent machines, resulting in explosive technological development.[1]
- Based on Ray Kurzweil's ideas, Time magazine predicts humans will be immortal by this year.[2]
- Demographic projections "foresee the population of Egypt overtaking that of Russia by 2045," according to Niall Ferguson.[3]
- Two of Japan's largest cities - Tokyo and Osaka - will be connected by a direct high-speed maglev route.[4]
- The United Kingdom is set to overtake Germany as Europe's leading economy.[5]
In fiction
- In the novel 2045: A Story of Our Future, Peter Seidel portrays what the world could be like in 2045, if current trends in environmental destruction, population growth, and economic inequality continue.
- Beginning of Corporation War in Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
- In South Africa white minority rule comes to an end as most of the whites are massacred in an uprising, in John Wyndham's The Outward Urge.
- The American Dad character Klaus has a body again and a grandson.
- The events portrayed in the movie Critters 4 take place in 2045.
- Time in History where Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars, the 3rd Tiberium War takes place.
- In Macross 7, The main events of the series take place in this year.
- Doomsday in Angels & Airwaves movie L)VE (LOVE)
References
- ↑ Lamb, Gregory M. (2005-12-10). "Progress at light speed: Ray Kurzweil". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2005-10-12-kurzweil-interview_x.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ↑ "2045: The year man becomes immortal Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, published on 10 February 2011.
- ↑ "The Year the World Really Changed," Newsweek, November 16, 2009
- ↑ "Environment News Service (ENS)". Archived from the original on 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- ↑ "The N-11: More Than an Acronym" Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine - Goldman Sachs study of N11 nations, Global Economics Paper No: 153, March 28, 2007.