By now, we're supposed to be able to fly our cars at 150 mph to the spaceport to go visit friends in moon colonies, according to 1960s predictions. I am very sure this prediction will go to same oubliette.

It will happen because it has to happen. We are spread out across the globe and have chosen to divide ourselves into competing countries. One exploiting or attacking others at every opportunity. Do you believe China and Russia won't do this? Imagine a platoon of AI interfaced soldiers attacking a town in an IoT future 30 years from now. Augmented goggles and exoskeletons. They could wipe out forces many times their size because they are connected to instantaneous information on their environment, enemy movement and tactics. By the time you send a few messages they run a thousand possible outcomes based on everything going on. You'd lose almost every time except the occasional miracle.

Even in civilian life the person with an interface gets instant job training and education. You better be creative or happy with a basic universal income. I don't know if you live in the U.S. but don't let government propaganda fool you. We have been caught in many technological areas and exceeded in some. They'll talk about fake news and interference with elections but look closely. There's one nation constantly attacking others and calling others aggressive as they surround that same country with nuclear weapons and military bases. This is just another arms race on one hand, but on the other it's time for us to take over evolution from nature. Humanity can't wait on the old system anymore.