h2>Dating : Dating in 2050: Upload your feelings
Your parents told you stories about their dates — with flowers and letters delivered by postman. But how things will go in 2050? What stories we will be listening by then?
In this article we will go through a research by Imperial College London Business School, researches by World Bank and other notable institutions in order to find out, how far The Black Mirror’s episode “Nosedive” was right.
You might have already tried out some apps like Tinder, Okcupid or League — but I might assume they are not as terrible as our future dating portrayed in quite widespread “A Date in 2025” short Sci-Fi video. Hold on — 2025 is just six years from now and we are not going nowhere close to e-dating. But if you have time, take a look at “Ex Machina” with Alicia Vikander starring.
Imagined? Cool. Now, let’s start with plain numbers — by 2050 about third of world’s population will be over 35 years old. Oh yeah, and probably we (and you) will be about 50 or 60. So, the most of developed world will be much more aged as it is now (except Africa and Arab states, due to their cultural peculiarities).
- Starting with mere technology development, like VR and AR, researchers may add touching, smelling and even all-senses-transmitter (or AST). You might be frightened with some skull-drilling experience as Neurolink and Mr Musk now present it, however, by 2050 the situation will drastically change. Tinder has more that 4 million paid subscribers which paid almost a billion dollar in 2018 alone. According to NASDAQ, in 2016 dating apps brought their owners $1.6 bn in China alone! Tinder has more than 50 million users and around 10 million day-to-day users. So, the future of hi-tech dates is bright.
2. Artificial and even robot/android technology will develop at the level that you almost might not need a human anymore (not really) — your AI-powered girlfriend will be anywhere on with you. The cool thing that it can be anyone — from your favourite actress to anime character (oh yeah, there are some guys who prefer things like this)! You will be able to adjust and edit anything — from body type to personality. Nevertheless, every woman has to have a secret and believe me — bots would not be that entertaining.
The question is — can we fall in love with androids? Even if they will be designed like Apple products, after all, they will not make your soul warmer.
3. By 2050, average age of dating apps users will be about 47 years (at least in UK). My grandfather became grandfather by 45. And our successors will only start their families. Amount of information increases every second. Moreover, it doubles and triples about every year. Either technology would allow us to digest information at another speed or our education will take way more time.
We might work more. This projection actually have a ground — look at Japan, where people already living in certain futuristic world. They have no time to travel (although in Tokyo they have one of the fastest metro in the world), no time to talk (they either work or sleep), or even going out. This might be slight exaggeration of status quo, but fast speeds are not in benefit of those living close.
On the other hand, international dating might go up — with pretentious projects like BFR would decrease flight times down to half an hour. You will meet your sweetie as if she living in the same district as you.
4. Marriage status. Well, institute of family is already changing — more divorces, late marriages, low fertility rate, child-free, same-sex pairs — list goes and goes. Religious institutes will weaken — therefore monogamy will fade out instead giving way to poly-sharing communities.
5. New level of interactions — we already bind by smart watches and electronics, but by 2050 glasses or sensors in our eyes will be detecting and tracking how much time you spent staring at girls (or boys) of certain type — tall, skinny, black or blond. Your watches would measure your pulse whether it increased or not or even your heartbeat. Based on this, plus all the statistics gained from your YouTube history, those, who you liked on social media, et cetera — and AI will be able to predict, which person you would like to ask on a date!
Some others are looking for more meticulous methodology (in case if you looking for good genes) — you may send you DNA to the upgraded version of Tinder (or any other app) to find the best match in terms of genetically positive — whether the blood types, immune systems are complying and bad habits, deviations, illnesses are not presented in the code. Based on these criteria you’ll find the match! Well, the choice of options will be significantly less than you expected but they all go with your blood (that was a bad joke, I guess).
elder;
probably use advanced dating apps with more data analytics;
date based on other technologies (predictive predisposition towards certain types of people);
probably go on a date with robot (maybe not leaving the house);
date anywhere, anytime (sounds like cool new motto for a dating firm);
be anyone, construct our own outfits (including facial surgeries maybe just advanced holograms or — virtual skins).
