2050s
Future decade ahead
The 2050s are the years from 2050 through 2059.
Like other decade terms, it functions as a temporal marker for cultural, technological, or historical discussion: Climate projections for the 2050s look grim.
Since the decade hasn't occurred, current usage is speculative or forward-looking.
Engineering using living systems
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- singularityPoint where values explode
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
Tomorrow trends scholar
- forecasterOne who predicts events
- predictionForecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
world-building · extrapolation · simulation · modeling · dystopian · utopian · doomscrolling · solarpunk
Halfway through a hundred
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
- memoriesStored past experiences
- historyRecord of past events
vintage · heritage · reminiscence · archival · historical · bygone · anniversary · centennial
biotechnology
Engineering using living systems
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- singularityPoint where values explode
futurist
Tomorrow trends scholar
- forecasterOne who predicts events
- predictionForecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
foresight · world-building · extrapolation · simulation · modeling · dystopian · utopian · doomscrolling · solarpunk
mid-century
Halfway through a hundred
history · vintage · heritage · reminiscence · archival · historical · bygone · anniversary · centennial · generational
2050s1950s
Decade after WWII
1940s · 1900s · 1850s · antiquity · ancient times
2050sStone Age
Era of knapped tools
Bronze Age · Iron Age · Middle Ages · ancient world · medieval period