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Posted on February 11, 2021 | Views: 765
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by Katherine Wu: Medicine gets trippy, solar takes over, and humanity finally, maybe goes back to the moon…
hen the 2010s began, private spaceflight had barely gotten off the ground, Google was rolling out early personalized search results and CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology was still in its infancy. By decade’s end, artificial intelligence had trounced people at a bevy of board games, SpaceX had become a household name and genetically modified human embryos became a controversial reality.
Clearly, a lot can happen in a decade but innovation has to start somewhere. Based on what’s breaking through now, here are some trends that have the potential to shape the 2020s.