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Welcome to the Future: 2023
Advancements in medicine, scientific breakthroughs, and improvements in AI may be about to turn the world upside down.
2022, while not all bad, wasn’t exactly filled with pleasant surprises.
It was a year that launched with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. 2022 saw widespread protests and unrest, including in Iran and China, two nations not famous for free expression and protests.
At home, white-hot inflation is still devouring disposable income from the working class, leaving more and more Americans relying on credit cards. While economists dryly parse the meaning of nebulous words like “recession”, struggling consumers don’t need a news report to tell them they are barely making ends meet.
Paying higher prices — for everything — is something even wealthy celebrities are starting to notice.
But 2022 wasn’t all bad. Among all the news chaff were a few grains of good tidings we might have missed in the blitz of clickbait headlines to which we are subjected daily.
Here are just a few:
Self-Driving Electric Cars
“Sony and Honda just announced their new electric car brand, Afeela,” announced the Verge recently, to not nearly enough fanfare.