Humans are interesting creatures. Looking from the outside, it might seem that we accept many weird things as absolutely normal. In fact, we don’t even have to look from the outside, just look at our past and see what kind of today’s oddities we consider to be normal.
In this list, you’ll find plenty of today’s normal things that people think will lose their normality in 10+ years.
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#1
"Influencers" Which is a stupid name for them what do they influence? and are they a Good/Bad influence? (I've seen mostly bad)
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128points
#2
Hopefully family vlog-style social media content. I think we’ll have a wave of kids who grew up being featured on popular family YouTube channels (or TikTok, or any other platform) reach adulthood and speak out about how unhealthy it was. We already have some who were filmed on family reality shows that aired on TV channels like TLC, but the proliferation of these on social media is so much more widespread.
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118points
#3
The 5-day work week. 4 days is better and just as productive.
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112points
#5
Hopefully we'll have a biodegradable replacement for all of the single-use plastics that we're creating.
Microplastics have now found their way into virtually every ecosystem on Earth.
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100points
#6
Owning things outright without having to pay a subscription.
87points
#9
Unregulated phone use for minors. It’s already starting to change.
56points
#10
If social media history is any indication, TikTok won’t be the most popular app among teens in 10 years.
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52points
#14
The way we treat addiction. The disease model will go out of style (thank god) and we will treat it as a behavioral disorder (because that’s what it is). And we will be able to mitigate this behavior BEFORE it gets so out of hand and treatment centers will stop outsourcing their actual f*****g treatment to twelve step programs!! The future is bright in this area.
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36points
#15
At some point, maybe 20 years away, cash will become an oddity and we will all just spend money electronically.
34points
#19
Letting children have unfettered access to all information all the time and specifically giving them tacit permission and encouragement to use social media
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30points
#20
Paying for all our electricity from a power company. The future is and always has been on-site generation for EVERYTHING. Most cities are putting "solar-readiness" clauses in their building codes so new homes are being built ready to fit it on already and get great efficiency.
And I live in Houston, the oil/energy capital of the country. Happened 7 years ago. Solar has always been the future. Just a matter of people learning about it without a pitch.
Edit: to clarify, for the places that undeniably get more than enough sun to provide solar for homes it's the future. It just makes sense. Places that don't have sun are an example of what oil/gas electricity is good for. On-demand/emergency electricity generation when better means won't work. Oil and gas isn't the best solution but it is pretty damn good in places where it's cold and cloudy
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29points